History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de la Cantilène

In Dutch: Cantilenestraat

Rue de la Cantilène, in Anderlecht, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 68% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198915
  • 1990 – 20095
  • 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
Arts and culture
Named in
1935

La cantilène est un chant relativement court et poétique, datant du Moyen-Âge. (remark in French, as published)

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