History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue Grétry
In Dutch: Grétrystraat
Rue Grétry, in Brussels, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 68 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 67% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 187920
- 1880 – 19138
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20091
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 53: 1857. 18 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
- Arts and culture
- Named in
- 1872
André Grétry (1741-1813) est un compositeur liégeois. Partiellement ex. rue de la coupe (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives