History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue du Libre Examen

In Dutch: Vrij-Onderzoekstraat

Rue du Libre Examen, in Anderlecht, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 77% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194410
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues
Named in
1910

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