Huy

Huy, a town of Belgium, is romantically situated amid lofty rocks on both banks of the Meuse, 19 miles SW. of Liège by rail. Its citadel (1822), whose works are partly excavated in the solid rock, commands the passage of the river. The church of Notre Dame, a graceful Gothic edifice, was begun in 1311. In the vicinity are iron-works and coal-mines, and the manufactures include paper, leather, beer, spirits, &c. Pop. (1876) 11,774; (1890) 14,486. Peter the Hermit founded here the former Abbey of Nenfuonstier (Novum Monasterium), and here in 1115 he died. Huy has been frequently besieged.