Hôtel des Comtes de Méan, Private mansion in Mont Saint-Martin district, Liège, Belgium.
The Hôtel des Comtes de Méan is a private mansion in the Mont Saint-Martin district with a distinctive U-shaped layout and a core building dating from the 15th century. The facade displays various architectural styles added during different construction phases across several centuries.
The mansion originated in the 15th century and underwent transformations through renovations and extensions over the following centuries. It once formed part of a larger connected building complex before becoming a separate structure.
The mansion takes its name from the Counts of Méan, who owned it from 1659 to 1877, including François-Antoine-Marie de Méan, the last Prince-Bishop of Liège. In 1878 it passed to Léonie de Waha and Jules d'Andrimont, who founded the choral society La Légia there. The wedding reception of Emma Antoine, granddaughter of the last private owner Adolphe Eymael, and violinist Henri Koch was held in the ballroom.
The mansion stands at no. 11 Mont Saint-Martin, where it was merged with the neighbouring Hôtel de Sélys-Longchamps into a five-star hotel complex that opened in 2011. The building is not private property: it was bought in 1977 by the city of Liège and has belonged since 2019 to the Dutch Van der Valk hotel group. Access to the historic rooms is through the hotel, so ask at reception rather than at the door.
The building's south facade, made of brick and limestone, bears the date 1620, marking an enlargement of the 15th-century core. The street facade has two side wings with pilasters, and the interior was extensively restored from 2007 to 2011, including the reconstruction of a room with neo-classical decoration.
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