History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Madrigal

In Dutch: Madrigalstraat

Rue du Madrigal, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 75% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19899
  • 1990 – 20093
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture

Le madrigal est un chant composé à partir d'un poème à tendance amoureuse. (remark in French, as published)

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