History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue de l'Amazone

In Dutch: Amazonestraat

Rue de l'Amazone, in Saint-Gilles, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 36 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 94% 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 – 191329
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 32: 1884. 19 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1879

Référence à la cavalerie, référence au passé d'une partie d'Ixelles qui formait une châtellenie, c'est-à-dire qu'une partie de ses terres étaient placées sous la juridiction d'un seigneur châtelain. Quartier à thème autour de la noblesse : rue du Bailli, rue et place du Chatelain, rue de l'Amazone, rue du Tabellion, rue du Page, rue du Mail, rue du Prévot. (remark in French, as published)

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