History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Cirque

In Dutch: Circusstraat

Rue du Cirque, in Brussels, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 70% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18793
1880 – 191311
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1989.

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: 1863

Au milieu du XIXe siècle, une société privée souhaitait construire un cirque d'hiver offrant des spectacles toute l'année durant. Le terrain disponible au centre-ville nécessitait la construction d'une rue et d'un pont passant la Senne. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives