Rue Albert
In Dutch: Albertstraat
Rue Albert, in Brussels, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 84% 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 – 19135
- 1914 – 194431
- 1945 – 19691
- 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
- Commemorative name
- Theme
- Belgian state
- Named in
- 1876
La rue est baptisée en hommage au duc Albert de Saxe-Teschen (1742-1822), époux de l’archiduchesse Marie-Christine de Lorraine-Habsbourg. Tous deux furent gouverneurs des Pays-Bas autrichiens de 1780 à 1792. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives