History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue des Fortifications

In Dutch: Vestingstraat

Rue des Fortifications, in Saint-Gilles, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 62% 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 – 191315
  • 1914 – 194424
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1909. 3 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1865

Un ouvrage fortifié fut construit sur ordre du Comte de Monterrey y Fuentes, Gouverneur des Pays-Bas Espagnols, en 1672. Le fort fut détruit en 1782. (remark in French, as published)

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

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