History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place Anneessens

In Dutch: Anneessensplein

Place Anneessens, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18793
  • 1880 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1878. 2 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian figure
Named in
1889

La rue rend hommage à François Anneessens (1660ca-1719) qui fut exécuté à cause de son rôle dans les émeutes de 1717 contestant les hausses d'impôt que réclamaient le pouvoir autrichien. Ex. Place Joseph Lebeau (1879) (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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