History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Trône

In Dutch: Troonstraat

Rue du Trône, in Ixelles, has 145 buildings on the Atlas map, for 184 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 66% 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 – 18495
1850 – 187995
1880 – 191320
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19699
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20094
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 132: 1864. 9 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: 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.