History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Malines

In Dutch: Mechelsestraat

Rue de Malines, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 52% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18796
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 40: 1874. 5 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: Places and destinations
Named in: 1851

ex. longue rue Neuve (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives