History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue Ravenstein
In Dutch: Ravensteinstraat
Rue Ravenstein, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 58 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 19443
- 1945 – 19692
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20091
- since 20102
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1934.
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
- Named in
- 1851
La rue doit son nom à la présence de l'hôtel du même nom à proximité, occupé par les seigneur de Ravenstein. ex. rue Saint-Laurent (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives