History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Square Sainctelette

In Dutch: Sainctelettesquare

Square Sainctelette, in Brussels, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 57% 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 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 8: 1925. 4 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian figure
Named in: 1912

Le square prend son nom au ministre Charles-Xavier Sainctelette, né à Bruxelles en 1825 et mort à Ixelles en 1898. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives