In the Belgian province of Hainaut, the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose is preparing itself to be classified on the worldwide patrimonial list of Unesco.
South-West of Brussels, one of the oldest convent-hospitals in Europe, erected in the middle of the 13th century by Arnould IV and his spouse Alix de Rosoit, has now become a very special museum. Between its Baroque chapel, its cloister, a room for invalids, a medicinal garden and its restaurant, it provides a fascinating visit that features its pharmaceutical and medical collections, following which you can go sample the small brasserie.
Unesco is saving the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose
Forming a quadrangle, the building, marked by late Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance styles, shelters many works of art and antiques. It underwent a number of renovations starting with the facade, before a cultural enhancement of the site was imagined, followed by its opening on the city. The goal being to make it a pole of excellence in order to encourage the requalification and the redynamisation of the Lessines urban surroundings.
A new artistic and cultural rendezvous
Exhibitions, inside and outdoor spectacle areas, archeological digs, construction work, subsidized by European funds, the Wallonian region and the regional French community are starting to come through. Its reinvented historical wealth has encouraged its curator, Raphaël Debruyn, and those of other major hosptial sites in France and Belgium, to unite their strengths. A strong commitment in order to radiate the universality of health patrimony by experts and Unesco authorities.
The Unesco Ambition, a long term recognition
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