History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue de l'Inquisition
In Dutch: Inquisitiestraat
Rue de l'Inquisition, in Brussels, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 191337
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1899. 10 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
- Historical references
- Named in
- 1877
L'inquisition menée par le Duc d'Albe visait à réprimer les calvinistes et les luthériens, opposants à Philippe II. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives