History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue aux Fleurs

In Dutch: Bloemenstraat

Rue aux Fleurs, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 73% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18798
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives