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Notre
Dame of Saint Cordon in Valenciennes. (recorded
as a historical monument)
In
1008 Valenciennes was striken by a plague.On 7th
September hundreds of people witnessed a particular
happening: the Virgin came and unwound a red
thread around the city in order to bind the devil.
The Virgin appeared again to give the following
message:"The cord shows the walking you have to
accomplish as a procession to cure the plague.
You'll just have to restart it every year on the day
of my birth's celebration so that you keep being
protected agaisnt the devil." The valenciennois
have been respecting this tradition since then,and
for almost 1000 years, around 8th September, Notre
Dame of Saint Cordon have been walking around
Valenciennes. And this is inside this historical
place that the Hotel Notre Dame welcomes you. Built
in 1954, it was first the convent of the Ursulines.
It is said that ,by then , nuns may have lived in
the room 19, the bedroom with its period
stained-glass windows.
In 1940, after the demolition of the prison
of Valenciennes, the mansion-home was commandeered
and for a few months, it was used as a detention
center.
Finally in 1954, the building became the
Hotel Notre Dame of Valenciennes.
In 1973 construction of the south part of
the hotel.
2007 a new landlord took over, modernised
and equiped the place with internet network, flat
screens with satellite tv in every bedroom. Also
outside arrangements were made in the hotel's
garden.
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