History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue des Alexiens
In Dutch: Cellebroersstraat
Rue des Alexiens, in Brussels, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1800s to the 2010s. 56% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18493
- 1850 – 18794
- 1880 – 19132
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19692
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20091
- since 20102
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1830. 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
- Religion
La rue doit son nom à la présence de l'ancien couvent Alexien (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives
