History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Square du Vieux Tilleul

In Dutch: Oude-Lindesquare

Square du Vieux Tilleul, in Ixelles, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 67% 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 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19894
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature

Le square représentait, avec le square de Boondael, le centre du hameau de Boondael. En son centre s'édifiait une chapelle et un tilleul, d'où son nom. (remark in French, as published)

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

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