History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles
Rue du Fort
In Dutch: Fortstraat
Rue du Fort, in Saint-Gilles, has 89 buildings on the Atlas map, for 139 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 69% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18791
- 1880 – 191361
- 1914 – 194427
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 80: 1896. 17 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
- 1864
Un ouvrage fortifié fut construit sur ordre du Comte de Monterrey y Fuentes, Gouverneur des Pays-Bas Espagnols, en 1672. Le fort fut détruit en 1782. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.