History of a street · 1040 Brussels

Rue Breydel

In Dutch: Breydelstraat

Rue Breydel, in Brussels, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 47% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19139
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20094
since 20102

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: Scientists
Named in: 1871

Jan Breydel (?-?) était professeur à l'école de médecine vétérinaire de Cureghem. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives