History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Notre-Dame du Sommeil

In Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Vaakstraat

Rue Notre-Dame du Sommeil, in Brussels, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 39% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 71% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187912
1880 – 191310
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 26: 1870. 4 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

La madone de la chapelle était, semble-t-il, vénérée par les insomniaques. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives