History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue des Pivoines

In Dutch: Pioenenstraat

Rue des Pivoines, in Brussels, has 32 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194411
  • 1945 – 196918
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1951.

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1925

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives