History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Grand-Serment

In Dutch: Grootsermentstraat

Rue du Grand-Serment, in Brussels, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 20% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1932.

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: Economic life
Named in: 1957

Il s'agit d'une référence au 'Grand Serment royal et de Saint-Georges', corporation d'arbalétriers fondée en 1381 et qui connut un regain d'activités folkloriques au XXe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives