History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Rue de la Lys
In Dutch: Leiestraat
Rue de la Lys, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 86% 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 – 19130
- 1914 – 194418
- 1945 – 19692
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20091
- 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
- 1922
La Lys est un cours d'eau prenant sa source dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais et se jetant dans l'Escaut à Gand. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.