History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Saint-Laurent

In Dutch: Sint-Laurensstraat

Rue Saint-Laurent, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1910s to the 2000s. 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 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1960.

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 rue doit son nom à la présence, à l'origine, d'une chapelle Saint-Laurent construite en 1314. De plus, se trouvait à proximité un terrain d'exercices pour les arbalétriers dont Saint-Laurent est le saint patron. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives