History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue d'Accolay

In Dutch: Accolaystraat

Rue d'Accolay, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1800s to the 2010s. 50% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19132
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 34: 1829. 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

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables

La rue doit son nom 'à la déformation du nom de Jean Collay, propriétaire de terrains le long du fossé de la première enceinte (voir rues des Alexiens et de Villers), dont une partie fut offerte en 1368 aux Frères Alexiens ou Cellites pour l’installation de leur couvent, remplacé en 1829-1830 par I’« Hospitia XX in Uno»' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives