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Rue de Tabora

In Dutch: Taborastraat

Rue de Tabora, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 58% 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 – 18797
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 9: 1929.

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
Foreign relations
Named in
1919

La rue (d'abord Place de Tabora, 07/02/1919) a reçu son nom en hommage à la ville de Tabora, actuellement en Tanzanie, l'ancienne capitale de l'Afrique orientale allemande, prise par les alliés en 1916. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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