Saint Lambert's Cathedral stood in the center of Liège, Belgium, on the site of today's Place Saint-Lambert. It was dedicated to Saint Lambert of Maastricht, who was assassinated in Liège around 705. Saint Hubert commissioned the first shrine to the martyr, and the first cathedral was built in the late eighth century, in the Carolingian style. Bishop Notger built an Ottonian church around the year 1000. Emperor Henry IV was buried there in 1106 and was later moved to Speyer.
A fire destroyed the cathedral in 1185, and a Gothic reconstruction began. The relics of Saint Lambert were reinstalled in 1197. A tower 443 feet (135 meters) high was built from 1391 to 1433.
The cathedral had a massive westwork, two choirs, two transepts and a crypt for relics. It was 315 feet (96 meters) long. Demolition began in 1794, and the site was leveled by 1827.
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