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Liege, as the first city to have effectively opposed to the invaders in 1914, was chosen in 1925 by the International Federation of Veterans Affairs as to erect a monument inter funded by public and private subscriptions in the country allies. Its design was entrusted to the Antwerp architect, Joseph Smolderen and work which began in September 1928, stood unfinished in 1935. The religious building, the first, was blessed and dedicated to the Sacred Heart in 1936, the monument civilian, he was inaugurated on 20 July 1937 in the presence of His Majesty King Leopold III.

The Belgian State, became the owner of the tower in 1949 to fit 1962 to proceed with restoration work, the site was hit by aerial bombardments of the Second World War, which ended in 1968, when the November 20, King Baudouin I undertook a new and second inauguration.

Since 1985, the tower and the church are open to the public but only on certain occasions.

The church houses treasures to discover that the statues of two saints: Saint-Maur and Saint Death, who is honored in the St. Cointe.

The civil memorial in its enclosure, several monuments in Liege offered by the Allied Nations; 7 countries are represented: Italy, France, Romania, Spain, Greece, Great Britain, Poland and Russia.
These monuments are located outside (on the plaza), the other inside the tower (in its crypt and its low and high rooms).

Cointe The site is unique because in Belgium, only to involve civil and religious in the same recognition, it is a symbol of the collective tribute of all the allies of our country in 1914-1918.