History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue de la Vierge Noire
In Dutch: Zwarte Lievevrouwstraat
Rue de la Vierge Noire, in Brussels, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 43% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18791
- 1880 – 19132
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19691
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20090
- 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
- Descriptive name
- Theme
- Buildings
- Named in
- 1853
La rue doit son nom à la présence, ancienne, d'une chapelle accueillant une madone noire (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives