History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue des Carmélites

In Dutch: Karmelietenstraat

Rue des Carmélites, in Uccle, has 118 buildings on the Atlas map, for 123 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 91% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 1944107
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Commemorative name
Theme
Religion
Named in
1876

Evoque la présence d'une communauté religieuse de Carmélites, de l'ordre de Carmel. Cette communauté fut fondée en Terre Sainte au proche Orient. C'est un ordre religieux contemplatif. (remark in French, as published)

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