History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Congrès

In Dutch: Congresstraat

Rue du Congrès, in Brussels, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 52 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 45% 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 – 187910
1880 – 191315
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20094
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46: 1876. 12 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1874

La rue mène à la place du Congrès, sur laquelle est érigée la colonne du Congrès, en l'honneur de la jeune Belgique. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives