History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue des Moines

In Dutch: Monnikenstraat

Rue des Moines, in Forest, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 85% 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 – 191317
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 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
1927

Cette rue fait sans doute référence aux moines de Saint-Antoine de Padoue, car elle mène à l'église de ce nom. (remark in French, as published)

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