History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue de la Couronne

In Dutch: Kroonlaan

Avenue de la Couronne, in Ixelles, has 386 buildings on the Atlas map, for 507 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 41% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18795
1880 – 1913154
1914 – 1944117
1945 – 196991
1970 – 198911
1990 – 20095
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 12: 1880. 50 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1885

Nommée ainsi en 1885, mais existant depuis 1860, comportait une allée pour cavalier. Fait partie des plans de réaménagement de l'urbanisme de Bruxelles par le roi Léopold II et son fidèle collaborateur Victor Besme (1834-1904). Le palais royal était ainsi relié à l'ancienne Place de la Couronne (actuelle place Blyckaert) via la rue du Trône et la rue du Trône prolongée qui sera en 1885 renommée Avenue de la Couronne. (remark in French, as published)

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