History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue des Riches Claires
In Dutch: Rijkeklarenstraat
Rue des Riches Claires, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 187915
- 1880 – 19138
- 1914 – 19441
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1874. 6 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
- Named in
- 1872
La rue doit son nom au fait qu'elle a été percée le terrain du couvent des Riches Claires en 1867. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives