Abstract. Lichtenbaum has conjectured (Ann of Math. (2) 170(2) (2009), 657-683) the existence of a Grothendieck topology for an arithmetic scheme X such that the Euler characteristic of the cohomology groups of the constant sheaf Z with compact support at infinity gives, up to sign, the leading term of the zeta function ζ X (s) at s = 0. In this paper we consider the category of sheavesX L on this conjectural site for X = Spec(O F ) the spectrum of a number ring. We show thatX L has, under natural topological assumptions, a welldefined fundamental group whose abelianization is isomorphic, as a topological group, to the Arakelov-Picard group of F . This leads us to give a list of topological properties that should be satisfied byX L . These properties can be seen as a global version of the axioms for the Weil group. Finally, we show that any topos satisfying these properties gives rise to complexes ofétale sheaves computing the expected Lichtenbaum cohomology.