History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue du Solarium

In Dutch: Solariumstraat

Rue du Solarium, in Brussels, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 71% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198912
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Economic life
Named in
1988

Un solarium est le nom utilisé pour désigner une serre suffisamment grande pour se tenir debout à l'intérieur. Au vu de la présence d'un moulin dans les alentours immédiats de cet axe, il est probable que ce nom fasse références à de grandes serres. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives