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Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains

In Dutch: Oude Graanmarkt

Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains, in Brussels, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 49 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 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 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18794
  • 1880 – 191321
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46: 1843. 2 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
Economic life

La rue se réfère à l'ancien marché aux grains de Bruxelles, qui s'y trouvait (par opposition au nouveau, construit au XVIII siècle, un peu plus loin sur l'actuelle rue dansaert) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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