History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Parnasse

In Dutch: Parnassusstraat

Rue du Parnasse, in Ixelles, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 84% 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 – 187921
  • 1880 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2A: 1856. 4 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

Nom inspiré de l'Institut du Parnasse qui était fondé par les sœurs de la Charité, et qui fusionna avec l'Institut Saint-Boniface. (remark in French, as published)

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