History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place des Gueux

In Dutch: Geuzenplein

Place des Gueux, in Brussels, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 46% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 38% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19135
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1900. 5 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 state

'La place porte un nom historique, tout comme la plupart des artères du quartier, baptisées en lien avec l'histoire du jeune État belge ou celle, plus ancienne, des régions dans lesquelles il se situe. Adoptée par arrêtés du Collège de la Ville de Bruxelles des 14.04 et 15.05.1877, sa dénomination renvoie à la révolte des Nobles, également dénommés Gueux, aux Pays-Bas espagnols, qui éclata sous le règne de Philippe II, à partir de 1566. ' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives