History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Livourne

In Dutch: Livornostraat

Rue de Livourne, in Brussels, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 59 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187912
  • 1880 – 191326
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19695
  • 1970 – 19894
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 38: 1875. 15 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Regions and countries
Named in
1872

La rue reçut cette dénomination en 1872. ex. rue du Damhoudere (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives