History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Madeleine

In Dutch: Magdalenasteenweg

Rue de la Madeleine, in Brussels, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 59% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19446
1945 – 196917
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 31: 1863. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

Ce toponyme fait référence à la chapelle de la madeleine, que longe la rue (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives