History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Place Marguerite d'Autriche

In Dutch: Margaretha van Oostenrijkplein

Place Marguerite d'Autriche, in Ganshoren, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 80% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19894
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1961. 3 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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Marguerite d'Autriche (1480-1530) fut nommée régente des Pays-Bas en 1507. Elle opéra alors un rapprochement avec l'Angleterre et mena de nombreuses opérations militaires. Elle fut ensuite nommée Gouverneure des Pays-Bas sous Charles Quint, précédant Marie de Hongrie. (remark in French, as published)

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