History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Palais

In Dutch: Paleizenstraat

Rue des Palais, in Brussels, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 70% 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 – 191314
1914 – 194432
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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

Succédant à la Rue Royale, cette rue fut nommée rue des Palais car elle met en communication le Palais Royal au Palais de Laeken. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives