History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Petits Carmes

In Dutch: Karmelietenstraat

Rue des Petits Carmes, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1800s to the 2010s. 40% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1843. 4 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 au couvent des Carmes déchaussés, appelé aussi Petits Carmes, qui fut érigé en 1612 à la place de l'hôtel de Culembourg. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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