History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue de Boetendael

In Dutch: Boetendaellaan

Avenue de Boetendael, in Uccle, has 56 buildings on the Atlas map, for 59 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 39% 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 – 19445
1945 – 196920
1970 – 198922
1990 – 20097
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 124: 1930. 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Religion
Named in: 1926

Littéralement 'chemin de la pénitence', ce toponyme fait référence à un couvent de Franciscains qui était établi non loin de là. La pénitence désigne l'absolution des péchés, par confession notamment. (remark in French, as published)

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