On Sunday September 22nd, STIB organised an "open construction site" day as part of Mobility Week. It was an opportunity for Urban's archaeologists to present the many archaeological discoveries made at the site, including prehistoric animal bones, but that's not all!
Since 2020, Urban's teams have been closely monitoring the construction site of the future Toots Thielemans station, at the intersection of Avenue de Stalingrad, Boulevard Jamar, Boulevard Lemonnier and Boulevard du Midi.
Over the years, the site has yielded relics from various periods, including rare archaeological elements from the 14th-century second city wall. Finds from the 15th to 19th centuries show where the Senne river used to run, with its banks and water ditches used by the many laundries in the area. The great depth of the excavation also revealed pre-Holocene river layers (i.e. from the last glacial period, between 120.000 and 10.000 B.C.) in which several megafauna bones were preserved: mammoths, megaloceros, deer and horses.
A collaboration between Urban, the Art & History Museum, the Institute of Natural Sciences and STIB.
Rediscover the archaeological remains of the construction site
Did you miss the Metro 3 "open construction site" day and the chance to find out more about the work of our archaeologists?
Find out more about archaeology in Brussels
Did you know that part of the regional archaeological collection is on display in Urban's windows at the Halles Saint-Géry?
Go take a look!
