History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Carrousel

In Dutch: Ringsteekstraat

Rue du Carrousel, in Brussels, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% 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 – 191313
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Sport and leisure
Named in
1877

La rue se réfère aux tournois équestres qui se produisaient à l'époque des Ducs de Bourgogne. Ces tournois étaient en général organisés pour fêter la victoire. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives