History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Monastère

In Dutch: Munsterstraat

Rue du Monastère, in Brussels, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 67% 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 – 191316
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20090
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46: 1899. 8 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: Buildings
Named in: 1879

Axe débouchant sur l'abbaye de la Cambre, il fait ainsi directement référence à cet édifice. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives