Cointe Observatory, Liège

Name: Cointe Observatory
Address: Liège, Belgium

#22 among attractions in Liège

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Cointe Observatory, situated in the district of Cointe in Liège, Belgium, was built by the University of Liège in 1881-82 to plans by the architect Lambert Noppius. ()

Local name: Observatoire de Cointe Coordinates: 50°37'2"N, 5°33'46"E

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Liège (Cointe)Liège Belgium

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Cointe Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Médiacité shopping centre, Madmusée, La Boverie, Musée des Transports en Commun du Pays de Liège.

1.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Médiacité shopping centre, Liège
35 min walk • Médiacité Shopping Liège is a shopping center located near the center of the Belgian city of Liege in the Longdoz district. With brands such as Primark, Zara or Media Markt, the center welcomes an average of 8 million visitors per year.
1.2 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
Madmusée, Liège
31 min walk • The Trinkhall Museum, founded in 1998, is located in the Parc d'Avroy in Liège. The museum preserves and exhibits works made by artists with mental disabilities, mental illness or mental fragility, in a studio context.
1 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
La Boverie, Liège
25 min walk • La Boverie is a museum in the city of Liège in Belgium. It opened in May 2016. It is housed in the former Palais des beaux-arts de Liège, built in the Parc de la Boverie for the Liège International in 1905.
1.2 miNE
50°37'43"N • 5°35'3"E
Musée des Transports en Commun du Pays de Liège, Liège
32 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
0.8 miE
Bridge
Pont de Fragnée, Liège
20 min walk • The bridge of Fragnée, nicknamed bridge of the angels, is a bridge of the city of Liege crossing the Meuse at its confluence with the Ourthe, and at the departure of the Diversion. The part spanning the Ourthe is called the Fétinne bridge.
1.1 miN
Park
Parc d'Avroy, Liège
29 min walk • The Avroy Park is a park of the city of Liege located in the center district between Boulevard d'Avroy and Avenue Rogier.
1.2 miN
Garden, Park
Botanical Garden, Liège
31 min walk • The botanical garden of Liege is the former botanical garden of the University of Liege, Belgium. Located not far from the city center, its park offers a green setting to the inhabitants of the area.
~1600 ftNE
Church
Église du Sacré-Cœur et Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Liège
8 min walk • The church of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes is located on the heights of Liege in the district of Cointe. It is part of the Memorial Interallié. It is often referred to as a basilica but it has never received this title.
1.2 miN
Sculpture, Monuments and statues
Li Tore, Liège
30 min walk • Li Tore is the popular name for the sculpture The Bull Tamer, a work by the Liege artist Léon Mignon, which won a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1880.
1 miSW
Football, Sport, Sport venue
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
26 min walk • The Stade Maurice Dufrasne is a football stadium in Liège, Belgium. The stadium holds 27,670 people. It is also known as Stade de Sclessin, from the name of the district of Liège where it is located, and is the home stadium of Standard Liège.
1 miNE
Monuments and statues
Tour cybernétique, Liège
25 min walk • The Cybernetic Tower of Liège is a monumental work by the French-Hungarian artist Nicolas Schöffer from 1961. It is located in the Boverie park in Liege, Belgium, near the congress center, and was reactivated in May 2016 more than 45 years after...