Société littéraire de Liège
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The Société littéraire de Liège was a literary society in Liège
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It was set up on 5 April 1779 by François-Charles de Velbrück
during his reign as prince bishop of Liege. It aimed to provide its members with newspapers and books in a convivial atmosphere, on the model of other literary societies of the time, like the Cabinet littéraire de Verviers, the Société littéraire de Huy, the Société royale littéraire de Hasselt, the Cercle de l’Union de Maastricht, the Aachener Casino Club d’Aix-la-Chapelle, the Société littéraire de Gand, the Société de littérature de Bruxelles (whose successor, the Société des Douze, is still active), and the famous Gabinetto Vieusseux
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It is still active and provides cultural activities and meeting for its members. It has reciprocal ties with the Cercle Gaulois
in Brussels and publishes a quarterly newsletter entitled Lettre de la Littéraire.
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
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It was set up on 5 April 1779 by François-Charles de Velbrück
François-Charles de Velbrück
François Charles de Velbrück was a German ecclesiastic. He was prince bishop of Liege from 16 February 1772 to 1784.-Life:...
during his reign as prince bishop of Liege. It aimed to provide its members with newspapers and books in a convivial atmosphere, on the model of other literary societies of the time, like the Cabinet littéraire de Verviers, the Société littéraire de Huy, the Société royale littéraire de Hasselt, the Cercle de l’Union de Maastricht, the Aachener Casino Club d’Aix-la-Chapelle, the Société littéraire de Gand, the Société de littérature de Bruxelles (whose successor, the Société des Douze, is still active), and the famous Gabinetto Vieusseux
Gabinetto Vieusseux
The Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G. P. Vieusseux, founded in 1819 by Giovan Pietro Vieusseux, a merchant from Geneva, is a library in Florence, Italy...
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It is still active and provides cultural activities and meeting for its members. It has reciprocal ties with the Cercle Gaulois
Cercle Gaulois
The Cercle Gaulois or Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire is a Belgian club. The club has the aim of constituting a friendly, intellectual, artistic and literary, meeting place, free of any political, cultural or philosophical tendency...
in Brussels and publishes a quarterly newsletter entitled Lettre de la Littéraire.