History of a street · 1050 Ixelles
Rue de la Grosse Tour
In Dutch: Wollendriestorenstraat
Rue de la Grosse Tour, in Ixelles, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18794
- 1880 – 19136
- 1914 – 19441
- 1945 – 19691
- 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
- Buildings
La rue doit son nom à une tour de la deuxième enceinte à hauteur de la place Louise (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.