History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue de Tamines

In Dutch: Taminesstraat

Rue de Tamines, in Saint-Gilles, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 97% 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 – 191329
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 33: 1898. 8 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
1919

Auparavant rue de Turquie (créée le 15/03/1864), cette rue fut rebaptisée aux lendemains de la Première Guerre mondiale afin de rendre hommage aux victimes du massacre de Tamines en 1914. (remark in French, as published)

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

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