History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue des Ursulines
In Dutch: Ursulinenstraat
Rue des Ursulines, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1880s to the 1990s. 17% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19131
- 1914 – 19441
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20092
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1895.
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
- 1969
La rue a été baptisée en l'honneur de l'ordre de Sainte-Ursule. Des religieuses de cet ordre avaient installé un pensionnat de filles dans cette rue. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives