History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Marais

In Dutch: Broekstraat

Rue du Marais, in Brussels, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 19% 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 – 19442
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19898
1990 – 20093
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1898. 3 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Relief and landscape

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives