History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Finistère

In Dutch: Finisterraestraat

Rue du Finistère, in Brussels, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 43% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 71% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18792
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Named in: 1851

Le nom de la rue proviendrait d'une déformation de l'allocution latine “in fines terrarum” qui est inscrite sur le fronton de l'église Notre-Dame 'du Finistère'. ex. rue du Curé (d'abord rue de Finistère). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives