History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place Saint-Géry

In Dutch: Sint-Goriksplein

Place Saint-Géry, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 67% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Bruxelles Make it a poster

When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187910
  • 1880 – 19135
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1878. 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Religion

La place rend hommage à Saint Géry, évêque de Cambrai né au milieu du VIe siècle qui lutta contre le paganisme, allant jusqu'à détruire des idoles. Il rétablit également le siège de Cambrai dont Bruxelles continua à dépendre jusqu'en 1559. Il est également à l'origine de la construction de nombreuses églises/bâtisses religieuses dont, la plus connue, une chapelle qui deviendra plus tard la Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

On this street