Le Perron: One of the most famous Liège landmarks.

Le Perron: One of the most famous Liège ...

4000 Liegi, Belgio
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Fontane, Piazze e Ponti

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Le Perron: this is one of the most famous Liège landmarks.The monument consists of a fountain circled by archs. The archs are surmounted by a statue at the summit of which we can see the Group of the Three Graces, a 1697 sculpture by Jean Delcour. The Three Graces carry a fir cone planted by a crucifix. After the sack of Liège in 1468 by Charles the Bold, Le Perron was taken to nothern Belgium, then was eventually brought back to Liège in 1478 by Charles the Bold‘s daughter Mary of Burgundy. Under the rule of the Bishopric of Liège, le Perron was the monument around which the inhabitants would gather to listen to new regulations, pastoral letters and edits proclaimed by the Bishopric of Liège.