History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Prévoyance

In Dutch: Voorzorgsstraat

Rue de la Prévoyance, in Brussels, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 62% 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 – 18794
  • 1880 – 191316
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 41: 1978. 2 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues
Named in
1871

ex. rue de Pachéco (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives