History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Montoyer

In Dutch: Montoyerstraat

Rue Montoyer, in Brussels, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 52 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 11% 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 – 19133
1914 – 19443
1945 – 196910
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20099
since 20104

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46: 1950.

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: Architecture

Louis Montoyer (1747-1811) était architecte Autrichien lorsque la Belgique était sous administration des Pays-Bas autrichien. Il est notamment à l'origine du Théâtre Royal du Parc. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives