The SélysLongchamps town hall

Intimately linked to the neighbouring Comtes de Méan town hall (with which it for a long time formed the self same building, like today), the building located at no. 9 of the Mont Saint-Martin, today known as the Hôtel de Sélys Longchamps and a Listed Wallonia Heritage Site, was inhabited in the mid 16th century by members of the illustrious De la Marck family, which gave Liège a prince-bishop, Erard de la Marck.

This town hall would become the property of the Méan family in the mid 18th century, and especially of François-Antoine, the last prince-bishop of Liège, deposed in 1794.

After a number of changes of owner, in 1910 baron Maurice de Sélys Longchamps repurchased the hotel that has since born his name and also that of the Comtes de Méan. For 12 years, he would undertake, with the architect Edmond Jamar, an immense restoration job, replacing certain features beyond rescue with copies, importing others from ancient outbuildings.

Since 1960 and the death of the baron, the hotel underwent a series of works, passing successively into the hands of the insurer Axa, Liège City Council, the Water company and finally the limited company Royal Sélys, which transform it into a 5-star hotel complex.