History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue de la Tourelle

In Dutch: Torekenstraat

Rue de la Tourelle, in Etterbeek, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 69% 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 – 191340
  • 1914 – 194418
  • 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
Buildings

Du nom de l'annexe au palais d'Eggevoord. (remark in French, as published)

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