History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Colonies

In Dutch: Koloniënstraat

Rue des Colonies, in Brussels, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 46% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 62% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17991
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 37: 1777. 9 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: Foreign relations
Named in: 1908

Rue baptisée après la cession du Congo à l'Etat belge en 1908 (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives