History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Chaussée Romaine

In Dutch: Romeinsesteenweg

Chaussée Romaine, in Brussels, has 151 buildings on the Atlas map, for 156 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1910s to the 2020s. 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 – 194418
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 200941
  • since 201076

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 339: 1920. 28 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

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Named in
1898

Il s'agit effectivement d'une ancienne chaussée romaine, qui fut tout de même profondément réaménagée. Appellation utilisée dès le début du 19e siècle mais officialisée 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