Liège Metro Station, a tribute to the city of Liege
The Liège Metro station is one of Paris’s cultural Metro stations. Its decoration pays tribute to the city of Liège and its region. Located on Line 13, which connects Saint-Denis Université in northern Paris to Châtillon-Montrouge in the southern suburbs, this station was inaugurated in 1911 under the name Rue de Berlin.
Obviously, following the First World War, its original name became totally inappropriate, and it was renamed Liège and redecorated to honour the bravery of Belgian troops during the Battle of Liège.
The walls are thus adorned with ceramic tiles depicting nine iconic monuments and sites of Liège and its region, each image delicately framed by an Art Nouveau-style garland.
Among the iconic sites represented on the tiles are Limbourg, Coo, and Les Fagnes in the Amblève Valley; the bridge, the collegiate church, and the citadel of Huy; and the Vesdre Valley at Nessonvaux. The Curtius House, Le Perron and the Provincial Palace of Liège; the town hall of Verviers; the town hall of Visé; the Wegimont Castle in Soumagne; the Hoyoux valley in Modave; the Ourthe valley in Colonster; and the Chokier-sur-Meuse Castle and the Spa-Francorchamps racecourse.
Liege Metro station, a half-station
As you arrive on the Liège metro station platform, you’ll notice a unique layout: unlike most other stations with two platforms, Liège has only one!
This particular configuration was dictated by the constraints of the narrow street under which the station was built. The engineers demonstrated ingenuity in optimising the available space by designing a linear arrangement of platforms, one in front of the other. This unusual layout maximises usable space and ensures smooth passenger flow.
Liège metro station is situated on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements, two distinct districts.
The station serves the numerous cabarets, theatres, and concert halls of the 9th arrondissement, the heart of Parisian entertainment, as well as the Quartier de l’Europe (Europe Quarter) in the 8th arrondissement, an elegant district centred around Place de l’Europe. All the streets that converge on this square bear the names of European capitals.
Directions: 8th-9thdistricts
Coordinates: Lat 48.879638 – Long 2.326701
