History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de l'Abbaye

In Dutch: Abdijstraat

Rue de l'Abbaye, in Ixelles, has 80 buildings on the Atlas map, for 94 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 50% 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 – 191340
  • 1914 – 194428
  • 1945 – 19699
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 63: 1891. 25 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1866

Tout d'abord dénommée Kruisweg, rebaptisée étant donné qu'elle reliait le hameau à l'abbaye de la Cambre, la rue prit finalement son nom actuel en 1866 sans doute pour éviter les confusions. (remark in French, as published)

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

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