History of a street · 1090 Jette

Place Cardinal Mercier

In Dutch: Kardinaal Mercierplein

Place Cardinal Mercier, in Jette, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 35 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 59% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 196916
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1923. 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

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Désiré-Jospeh Mercier (1851-1926) fut archevêque de Malines et Cardinal de l'Eglise belge. Il fut une importante figure de la Résistance durant la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

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

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