History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de Venise

In Dutch: Venetiëstraat

Rue de Venise, in Ixelles, has 92 buildings on the Atlas map, for 97 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 54% 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 – 184919
1850 – 187916
1880 – 191350
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 71: 1910. 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1844

Anciennement dénommée rue de la Quenelle, puis rue de la Discorde, elle adopta le nom de Rue de Venise en 1844. (remark in French, as published)

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