History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Venelle de l'Alchimiste

In Dutch: Alchemiststeeg

Venelle de l'Alchimiste, in Brussels, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 74% 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 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200920
since 20107

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 2000

L'alchimiste est celui qui recherche la Pierre Philosophale ou le Grand Œuvre, c'est-à-dire le moyen de transmuter les métaux. La figure de l'alchimiste se rapprochait de celle du sorcier ou du devin. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives