History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Révérend Père Pire

In Dutch: Eerwaarde Pater Pirestraat

Rue Révérend Père Pire, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 95% 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 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196918
  • 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
Local notables
Named in
1969

Le Révérend Père Pire (1910-1969) fut un prêtre dominicain belge qui fut récompensé par le Prix Nobel de la Paix en 1958. Ce prix lui fut attribué dans le cadre de son travail au service des réfugiés. Ex. rue des Fuschias (remark in French, as published)

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