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Rue de l'Enseignement

In Dutch: Onderrichtsstraat

Rue de l'Enseignement, in Brussels, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 104 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 66% 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 – 187933
  • 1880 – 191310
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 108: 1876. 17 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
Belgian state
Named in
1874

La rue a été baptisée selon une des quatre libertés constitutionnelles (Presse, Culte, Enseignement et Association). Ces quatre rues donnent sur la place de la Liberté, située juste à côté de la colonne du Congrès. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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