History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place des Martyrs

Name: Place des Martyrs
Address: Place des Martyrs, Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, 1000, BE

In Dutch: Martelaarsplein

Place des Martyrs, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% 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 – 18794
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1871.

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: 1775

Référence aux héros et martyrs de la Révolution de 1830, 445 personnes mortes pendant les quatre journées de septembre 1830 ont été enterrées sur cette place. 'La place porte ce nom depuis 1831. Anciens noms : place Saint-Michel (1778) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives