History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue des Pierres Rouges

In Dutch: Rode Stenenstraat

Rue des Pierres Rouges, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 64% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196916
  • 1970 – 19898
  • 1990 – 20091
  • 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
Relief and landscape
Named in
1925

En référence au sol de la localité qui dans certaines zones était particulièrement ferrugineux, lui octroyant ainsi une couleur rougeâtre. (remark in French, as published)

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