History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue des Palais Outre-Ponts

In Dutch: Paleizenstraat over de Bruggen

Rue des Palais Outre-Ponts, in Brussels, has 110 buildings on the Atlas map, for 137 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 78% 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 – 19132
  • 1914 – 194486
  • 1945 – 196922
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 374: 1898. 4 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
1932

La rue doit son nom au fait qu'elle prolonge la rue des Palais en passant au-dessus de ponts (chemin de fer et canal). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives