History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Porte Rouge

In Dutch: Rodepoort

Rue de la Porte Rouge, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 87% 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 – 18792
1880 – 191313
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1909. 5 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings
Named in: 1851

Cette rue était très étroite, et reliait le quartier de Bovendael (actuel palais de justice) et la rue Haute. Au bout de la rue, un couloir voûté creusé dans une maison permettait de rejoindre la rue Haute. Cependant, à la tombée de la nuit, une porte de couleur rouge refermait le passage, empêchant l'accès à la rue haute aux prostituées qui habitaient sur la colline de Bovendael...ex. passage de la Porte-Rouge. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives