Memorial Die Nobele Rose Veurne

During the First World War, officers from the headquarters of the Belgian army, which was located in Veurne for a while, stayed in the Die Nobele Rose hotel. In 1915 the hotel was badly damaged by German artillery. After the war, it was restored with the help of the American Hotel Association. A memorial stone on the facade commemorates these events.
Text memorial stone:
This Renaissance buiding , whose foud foundations date from around 1300 housed an inn. Gasthove die Nobele Rose (L’Hottellerie de la Noble Rose). From 1981 to 1923. During the First World Ware when the headquarters of Belgian Forces under King AlbertI were for a time in Veurne. Officers of the headquarters staff made the inn their home.
In 1915 the building was severly damged by German shelfire. Thans 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 hotel keepers restoration campain Victoria French Allen was officially recognized as godmother of the restored inn. She had been a guest at Die Nobele Rose in 1914 accompnying 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 commenorates 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 assisrance in the restoration and in tribute tot he continuing relationship of the United States to Veurne and its historic inn.

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• Text: Jhonny Bastiaensen
• Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen (1, 2, 3), Marie-Christine Vinck (4)