History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue des Trois Tilleuls

In Dutch: Drie Lindenstraat

Rue des Trois Tilleuls, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 70 buildings on the Atlas map, for 82 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1800s to the 2000s. 51% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187917
  • 1880 – 191314
  • 1914 – 194411
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198916
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 77: 1949.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

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'Trois tilleuls plantés à la cote de cent mètres ont servi de signal géodésique pour l'élaboration des plans topographiques sous la domination autrichienne', BERNAERTS A., KERVYN R., p.228. (remark in French, as published)

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