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Situering: Noordstraat 11.
GPS-coördinaten: +51°4'23.59", +2°39'45.26"
Opschriften
"THIS RENAISSANCE BUILDING, WHOSE FOUNDATIONS DATE
FROM AROUND 1300, HOUSED AN INN, GASTHOVE DIE NOBELE ROSE
(L'HOTELLERIE DE LA
NOBLE ROSE) FROM 1891 TO 1928. DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
WHEN THE
HEADQUARTERS OF BELGIAN FORCES UNDER KING ALBERT I WERE FOR
A TIME IN
VEURNE, OFFICERS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS STAFF MADE THE INN
THEIR HOME.
IN 1915 THE BUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY GERMAN
SHELLFIRE. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF MEMBERS OF THE
AMERICAN HOTEL
ASSOCIATION THE BUILDING AND ITS INN WERE RESTORED AFTER THE
WAR. FOR HER
PART IN MANAGING THE HOTELKEEPERS' RESTORATION CAMPAIGN,
VICTORIA
FRENCH ALLEN WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS GODMOTHER OF THE
RESTORED INN.
SHE HAD BEEN A GUEST AT DIE NOBELE ROSE IN 1914,
ACCOMPANYING HER HUSBAND
BEN S. ALLEN WHO CAME TO VEURNE TO INTERVIEW KING ALBERT FOR
AMERICAN
NEWSPAPERS.
FOR MANY YEARS THE BUILDING SERVED AS THE OFFICE OF A
BANK.
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES ITS SECOND RESTORATION AS DIE
NOBELE ROSE IN
THE YEAR 2000. WILLIAM H. ALLEN, SON OF BEN AND VICTORIA
ALLEN, HAS BEEN
NAMED GODFATHER OF THE RESTORED INN FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN
THE RESTORATION
AND IN TRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP OF THE UNITED
STATES TO
VEURNE AND ITS HISTORIC INN."
Historische Achtergrond
Van 1891 tot 1928 was in dit gebouw het gasthof "Die Nobele
Rose" gehuisvest. Tijdens WOI kreeg het hotel het te
verduren onder beschietingen en bombardementen. Op 1
november 1914 incasseerde het zijn eerste voltreffer en was
daarmee één van de eerste getroffen gebouwen in Veurne. Toen
het Belgisch hoofdkwartier in Veurne was ondergebracht, van
midden oktober 1914 tot begin 1915, verbleven de officieren
van de generale staf in dit hotel. Van 6 tot 13 december
1914 verbleef de dubbele Nobelprijswinnares Marie CURIE met
haar dochter Irène in het hotel. Ze was in Veurne op verzoek
van dr. Frans DAELS van het militair hospitaal in het
Bisschoppelijk College, om er een radiologische dienst op te
zetten (Bron [100].
Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers gebeiteld op
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