History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de l'Etendard

In Dutch: Standaardstraat

Rue de l'Etendard, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1893. 6 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
Historical references
Named in
1877

La rue doit son nom à l'étendard des Gueux confédérés contre Philippe II (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives