History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Cloître

In Dutch: Kloosterstraat

Rue du Cloître, in Brussels, has 77 buildings on the Atlas map, for 79 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 79% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19136
  • 1914 – 194461
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 70: 1906. 19 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 longe encore actuellement une partie du mur d'enceinte de l'Abbaye de la Cambre, conférant au cloître son caractère religieux. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives