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Place du Samedi

In Dutch: Zaterdagplein

Place du Samedi, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 27 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1850s to the 2000s. 58% 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 – 19134
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2B: 1873. 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

Le nom de cette place provient de la présence ancienne d'un refuge appartenant à l'épiscopat de Gand nommée 'Saterdach foris interiorem portam dictam binnenste Lakenpoerte' (le Samedi, hors de la porte intérieure dite Porte Intérieure de Laeken). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives