History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Berceau

In Dutch: Prieelstraat

Rue du Berceau, in Brussels, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 82% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187923
1880 – 19134
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1860. 11 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1851

Il ne s'agit pas du berceau pour nouveau-né, comme nous l'indique le toponyme néerlandais : 'prieel', et non 'wieg'. Le berceau ('prieel') est une tonnelle, un arc fleuri, posé au-dessus d'une allée ou d'un passage.. Ex. rue de la Pépinière. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives