History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Guillaume Lekeu

In Dutch: Guillaume Lekeustraat

Rue Guillaume Lekeu, in Anderlecht, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 37% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 196917
  • 1970 – 198917
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1931. 5 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
1930

Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894) est un compositeur belge de musique classique. (remark in French, as published)

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