Rue Saint-Géry
In Dutch: Sint-Goriksstraat
Rue Saint-Géry, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 57% 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 – 18490
- 1850 – 18798
- 1880 – 19135
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19691
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 31: 1897.
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
- Religion
- Named in
- 1851
La rue rend hommage à saint Géry, évêque de Cambrai né au milieu du VIe siècle qui lutta contre le paganisme, allant jusqu'à détruire des idoles. Il rétablit également le siège de Cambrai dont Bruxelles continua à dépendre jusque 1559. Il est également à l'origine de la construction de nombreuses églises/bâtisses religieuses dont, la plus connue, une chapelle à Saint-Michel qui deviendra plus tard la Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule.. ex. rue de la Digue. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives