History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue de Lombartzyde

In Dutch: Lombardsijdestraat

Rue de Lombartzyde, in Brussels, has 159 buildings on the Atlas map, for 170 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 8 periods, from the 1800s to the 2020s. 24% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18494
  • 1850 – 187922
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 194424
  • 1945 – 19697
  • 1970 – 198952
  • 1990 – 200930
  • since 20108

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 120: 1981. 2 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
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1922

Ce village près de Nieuport a été détruit par les forces allemandes en octobre 1914 avant d'être occupé pendant deux jours, puis récupéré par le Neuvième Régiment de Ligne. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives