History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Prince Royal

In Dutch: Koninklijke-Prinsstraat

Rue du Prince Royal, in Ixelles, has 64 buildings on the Atlas map, for 77 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 64% 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 – 187941
  • 1880 – 191321
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 33: 1863. 7 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian state
Named in
1835

La rue du Champ des Cailloux se dénomma rue du Prince Royal à la naissance de Léopold II en 1835. (remark in French, as published)

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