History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Profonde

In Dutch: Diepestraat

Rue Profonde, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 413: 1956. 2 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Relief and landscape
Named in
1919

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives