History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de la Digue

In Dutch: Damstraat

Rue de la Digue, in Ixelles, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 83% 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 – 191315
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Relief and landscape
Named in
1851

Dénommée ainsi étant donné sa situation, le long des étangs d'Ixelles et formant ainsi une digue. (remark in French, as published)

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