History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Saint-Pierre

In Dutch: Sint-Pietersstraat

Rue Saint-Pierre, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 40% 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 – 18791
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 9: 1922. 2 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1880

Le nom de la rue pourrait venir de la présence, au XVIIIe siècle, d'un cabaret dont l'enseigne se référait à Saint-Pierre. Ex. rue du Pilote (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives