History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue du Tir

In Dutch: Schietbaanstraat

Rue du Tir, in Saint-Gilles, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 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 – 19138
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 18: 1905. 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Folklore

Une coutume de la localité était de 'tirer un oiseau planté sur une perche hissée au sommet du clocher de l'ancienne église'. Suite aux nombreux dégâts occasionnés aux vitraux de l'église, cette coutume fut transférée sur le fort construit sur ordre du Comte de Monterrey, et les rues alentours firent hommage à cette coutume locale. (remark in French, as published)

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