History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Sainte-Anne

In Dutch: Sint-Annastraat

Rue Sainte-Anne, in Brussels, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 75% 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 – 18792
1880 – 191315
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1874.

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

La rue rend hommage à la mère de la Vierge Marie. Son authenticité historique est remise en question, la plupart des éléments de sa vie auraient été copié de la vie d'Hanna, la mère de Samuel, prophète et dernier juge d'Israël. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives