Editing Seraing (section)

===Antiquity and Middle Ages===
Several skeletons, potshards, weapons, and jewels were discovered here, dating from the 5th and 6th century, attesting to Seraing being inhabited in [[Franks|Frankish]] times. The first mention of ''Saran'' dates from 956, when a [[Carolingian]] farming domain extending on both sides of the river [[Meuse]] and owned by someone named Saran was donated to the abbey of [[Sint-Truiden]].  The whole territory soon passed to the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].  In the 11th century, Prince-Bishop Henri I of Verdun used a house in ''Seranus'' to entertain guests.  Throughout the [[Middle Ages]], the inhabitants of Seraing owed allegiance to [[Liège]], pledging to defend the fluvial approach to the city in case of invasion, in exchange for tax exonerations.  The first wooden bridge across the river, which replaced the ferry, was built in 1381.