History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place de la Monnaie

In Dutch: Munt

Place de la Monnaie, in Brussels, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 1: 1819. 3 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings

Tire son nom d'un ancien atelier monétaire situé là. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives