History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Trône

In Dutch: Troonstraat

Rue du Trône, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 13% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1935.

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: 1851

Fait partie des plans de réaménagement de l'urbanisme de Bruxelles par le roi Léopold II et son fidèle collaborateur Victor Besme (1834-1904). Le palais royal était ainsi relié à l'ancienne Place de la Couronne (actuelle place Blyckaert) via la rue du Trône et la rue du Trône prolongée qui sera en 1885 renommée Avenue de la Couronne. ex. rue des Palais. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives