Rue Erasme
In Dutch: Erasmusstraat
Rue Erasme, in Anderlecht, has 57 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 42% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18495
- 1850 – 187924
- 1880 – 191322
- 1914 – 19446
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- 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
- Named in
- 1930
Didier Erasme (1469-1536) théologien et humaniste des Pays-Bas bourguignons. Il séjourna brièvement en 1521 dans une des maisons d'importance qui entouraient la Collégiale dans laquelle résidaient les chanoines du chapitre d'Anderlecht. La rue Erasme longe les jardins de l'habitation où il séjourna. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.