History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place des Barricades

In Dutch: Barricadenplein

Place des Barricades, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 100% 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 – 187910
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian state
Named in
1831

Le nom de cette place fut choisi pour commémorer les barricades utilisées lors de la Révolution de 1830. ex. Marché-aux-Chevaux (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives