History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles
Rue Africaine
In Dutch: Afrikastraat
Rue Africaine, in Saint-Gilles, has 64 buildings on the Atlas map, for 69 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 191355
- 1914 – 19449
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 106: 1897. 41 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
- Foreign relations
- Named in
- 1888
'Baptisée en souvenir de la grande œuvre coloniale' (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.