History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Vierges

In Dutch: Maagdenstraat

Rue des Vierges, in Brussels, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 51 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18799
1880 – 191315
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 27: 1911. 3 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

La rue a été baptisée ainsi suite à la présence d'une école tenue par les Soeurs de la Sainte-Vierge à proximité. Maegdenstraet fut d'abord traduit par rue des pucelles. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives