La maison Le Seigneur d'Amay, maison d'Ama ou maison d'Amay, est un hôtel particulier classé, érigé vers 1544 et situé dans Le Carré à Liège en Belgique.
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Liège is a city and municipality in the Belgian region of Wallonia, and the capital of the eponymous province. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands to the north) and with Germany north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It is still the principal economic and cultural centre of the region.
The municipality consists of the following sections: Liège proper, Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. In January 2022, Liège had 195,278 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi. The city is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.
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The 1930 UCI Road World Championships was the tenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships.
The championship took place in Liège, Belgium on Saturday 30 August 1930.
There were 23 professional cyclists and 22 amateurs at the start. The amateurs left one hour later than the professionals.
The course was 210,6 km, with winner Alfredo Binda finishing with an average speed of 27.953 km/h.
In the same period, the 1930 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Stade du Centenaire in Brussels.
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Liège Cathedral, otherwise St. Paul's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Liège, Belgium. Founded in the 10th century, it was rebuilt from the 13th to the 15th century and restored in the mid-19th century. It became a Catholic cathedral in the 19th century due to the destruction of Saint Lambert's Cathedral in 1795. It is the seat of the Diocese of Liège.
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The Opéra royal de Wallonie is an opera house located on the Place de l'Opéra, in Liège, Belgium. Together with La Monnaie and the Vlaamse Opera, the Opéra royal, as it is colloquially known, is one of the three major opera houses in Belgium. From the beginning, the institution occupied the Théâtre royal in Liège, a building loaned by the city.
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The Collegiate Church of St. John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic church in Liège, Belgium. It was founded as a collegiate church by Notker of Liège around 980, and consecrated in 987. It was the place of Notker's tomb. The church was suppressed in 1797 during the French Revolution, the building being confiscated and sold in 1798.
On 23 March 1879, Pope Leo XIII canonically crowned the statue of Saint Joseph within this shrine, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the request by King Charles II of Spain to Pope Innocent XI to consecrate Belgium to Saint Joseph. The coronation feast also coincided with the 203rd anniversary of Diocese of Liege by request of Emperor Leopold I in 1676 and approved by Pope Clement X. The notarized Pontifical decree was received by Bishop of Liege, Victor Doutreloux. It is now located and enshrined at the private side chapel of Saint Joseph.
Originally an octagonal building in Mosan Romanesque style, incorporating elements of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the church was completely rebuilt in a late Baroque style in 1754–1784. It has been in use as a parish church since 1809, and has been listed as a monument since 1952.
The church maintained a library from 1388.
The Renaissance composer Johannes Brassart was closely associated with the church.
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