History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Révolution

In Dutch: Omwentelingsstraat

Rue de la Révolution, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18795
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 3: 1879. 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian state
Named in: 1874

Hommage à la Jeune Belgique (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives