History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue du Prince de Ligne

In Dutch: Prins de Lignelaan

Avenue du Prince de Ligne, in Uccle, has 63 buildings on the Atlas map, for 81 addresses. It was mostly built since 2010: 81% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 200911
  • since 201051

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 56: 1937.

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
Local notables
Named in
1924

La famille de Ligne acquit et conserva pendant près d'un siècle des biens qui avaient appartenu aux seigneurs de Carloo grâce au mariage de Louis Lamoral avec Joséphine-Louise van der Noot. Les seigneurs de Carloo avaient également construit une chapelle, sur laquelle la première église d'Uccle fut construite, sur les ruines desquelles l'actuelle église Saint-Job fut construite. (remark in French, as published)

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