History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Square de la Diligence

In Dutch: Postkoetssquare

Square de la Diligence, in Ganshoren, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 53% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19898
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Places and destinations

Une diligence est un moyen de transport tiré par un ou plusieurs cheval. (remark in French, as published)

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