History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Place du Jeu de Balle
In Dutch: Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle, in Brussels, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18797
- 1880 – 191318
- 1914 – 19444
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 50: 1859.
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
- Symbolic name
- Theme
- Sport and leisure
- Named in
- 1863
Initialement, la place du Jeu de Balle avait été conçue en 1854 afin d'accueillir des jeux et de la récréation mais est rapidement devenue le vieux marché. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives
