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The Meuse rises in Pouilly-en-Bassigny, commune of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse on the Langres plateau in France from where it flows northwards past Sedan (the head of navigation) and Charleville-Mézières into Belgium. [13] At Namur it is joined by the Sambre. Beyond Namur the Meuse winds eastwards and passes Liège before turning north.
Steelmaking along the Meuse at Ougrée, near Liège. The sillon industriel was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe, [2] experiencing its first industrialisation wave from 1800 to 1820. [3] Its industry brought much wealth to Belgium, and it was the economic core of the country.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about 33 km (20.5 mi) to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about 53 km (32.9 mi) north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe.
Pierre Boudon or Apollo relief (12th century) Liège, St Bartholomew's Church. Baptismal font by Renier de Huy (detail) Sint Odiliënberg. Basilica of Saint Wiro, Plechelmus and Otgerus. Mosan art is a regional style of art from the valley of the Meuse in present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
The Meuse river valley in modern Belgium and France, roughly coterminous with the Diocese of Liège, was the leading 12th-century centre of Romanesque metalwork, which was still the most prestigious medium in art.
The modern borders of the province of Liège date from 1795, which saw the unification of the Principality of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège with the revolutionary French Department of the Ourthe (sometimes spelled Ourte). (Parts of the old Principality of Liège also went into new French départements Meuse-Inférieure, and Sambre-et-Meuse.)
The new path for French or German soldiers into each other's nations was through the lightly defended Meuse river valley – through lightly defended southern Belgium and the unfortified French border. According to Chazal's doctrine, the forts of the Meuse were to be the fulcrum and crossing points for the army at Antwerp.
The Citadel of Liège (French: Citadelle de Liège) was the central fortification of the strategic Belgian city of Liège, Wallonia, until the end of the 19th century.It is located in the Sainte-Walburge neighborhood, 111 metres (364 ft) above the Meuse valley.