History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Rabelais

In Dutch: Rabelaisstraat

Rue Rabelais, in Anderlecht, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 35 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 46% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194415
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200916
since 20104

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1923. 15 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Arts and culture
Named in: 1923

François Rabelais (1494-1553) est un moine, médecin et écrivain humaniste français. (remark in French, as published)

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