History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Maes

In Dutch: Maesstraat

Rue Maes, in Ixelles, has 93 buildings on the Atlas map, for 101 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187936
1880 – 191354
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1A: 1883. 10 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: Foreign relations
Named in: 1879

Arnold Maes (1854-1878) était un docteur en sciences naturelles. Il participa au projet de colonisation du roi Léopold II dans le but d'y créer des centres de soins, mais décéda prématurément une fois arrivé en Afrique. (remark in French, as published)

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