History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue de la Tour Japonaise

In Dutch: Japanse Torenstraat

Rue de la Tour Japonaise, in Brussels, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 44% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20094
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1966. 3 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: 1928

La tour japonaise fut construite sous Léopold II, en 1905, suite à un mouvement japonisme légèrement tardif. Ex. chemin de Laeken (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives