History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Ortélius

In Dutch: Orteliusstraat

Rue Ortélius, in Brussels, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 46% 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 – 187911
1880 – 191311
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1887. 8 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: Scientists
Named in: 1878

Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) est un géographe connu pour avoir publié le premier atlas mondial. Ex. rue Mercator (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives