History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue du Grand Duc

In Dutch: Groothertogstraat

Rue du Grand Duc, in Etterbeek, has 61 buildings on the Atlas map, for 69 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 89% 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 – 191354
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1908. 3 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature

La première hypothèse fait allusion aux oiseaux et rappelle le passé rural et boisé de la commune, la seconde hypothèse fait allusion à certains grands ducs étrangers qui se seraient installés dans la commune. (remark in French, as published)

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