History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Pont Neuf

In Dutch: Nieuwbrug

Rue du Pont Neuf, in Brussels, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 44% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18798
  • 1880 – 19134
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 35: 1867. 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
Places and destinations

La rue rend hommage à un pont, construit en même temps que la rue neuve, qui permettait d'enjamber la Senne (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives