History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Beffroi

In Dutch: Belfortstraat

Rue du Beffroi, in Brussels, has 41 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 80% 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 – 19137
1914 – 194433
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 37: 1901. 6 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: 1877

Baptisée à la fin XIXe siècle, le nom de la rue se réfère à une structure ancienne par laquelle le danger était signalé à la population. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives