History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Square François Riga

In Dutch: François Rigasquare

Square François Riga, in Schaerbeek, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 49 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 63% 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 – 191314
  • 1914 – 194429
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1905. 18 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
Arts and culture
Named in
1909

Pierre-François Riga (1831-1892) est un compositeur ayant vécu dans la commune. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: 1030.be

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