History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Archimède

In Dutch: Archimedesstraat

Rue Archimède, in Brussels, has 47 buildings on the Atlas map, for 76 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 68% 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 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 191332
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19895
1990 – 20094
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 61: 1892. 10 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: Scientists
Named in: 1877

Archimède de Syracuse (ca287av JC - 212 av JC) est un scientifique grec qui a excellé en mathématiques et en physique. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives