History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Florence

In Dutch: Florencestraat

Rue de Florence, in Brussels, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1850s to the 1990s. 43% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18792
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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
Regions and countries
Named in
1872

La rue reçut cette dénomination en 1872. ex. rue Drossart (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives