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

The building, in a medieval revival style, is sited in a private park formerly the estate of the wealthy industrialist Vanderheyden de Hauzeur family. It accommodated the university's Institute of Astrophysics, later the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics, until 2002, when the institute was moved to the Sart-Tilman campus.

Cointe Observatory

As of 2008 the building was occupied by the Société Astronomique de Liège, but was in the course of renovation with the intention that it should house the Service Régional des Fouilles Archéologiques.

Cointe Observatory

See also

List of astronomical observatories

References

Sources

Houziaux, L. (ed. Eugène Wahle) 1981: L'astronomie et l'astrophysique dans Apports de Liège au progrès des sciences et des techniques

Cointe Observatory

External links

Astronomical observatories in Belgium

University of Liège

1881 establishments in Belgium

Buildings and structures in Liège