History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue du Lac
In Dutch: Meerstraat
Rue du Lac, in Brussels, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 191316
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19691
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20091
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1896. 10 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
- Relief and landscape
- Named in
- 1879
La rue fait référence à un étang situé au bout d'un des deux côtés de la rue. Elle reçut cette appellation en 1879. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives