History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Place de la Beauté

In Dutch: Schoonheidsplein

Place de la Beauté, in Anderlecht, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, 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 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18795
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues

Quartier à thème : place de la Beauté, rue de la Sincérité, rue du souvenir, rue de l'Expansion, rue de l'Agrément, rue de la Vérité, rue des Parfums, rue du Serment… (remark in French, as published)

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