History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue de la Liberté

In Dutch: Vrijheidslaan

Avenue de la Liberté, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 80 buildings on the Atlas map, for 87 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 80% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Make it a poster

When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194464
  • 1945 – 19699
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 153: 1936. 3 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
1880

La rue ayant été créée aux alentours de 1880, son nom marque symboliquement le 50ème anniversaire de la révolution de 1830. C'est le cas de nombreuses rues de cette époque, notamment tout le quartier autour du projet des Gloires Nationales. (remark in French, as published)

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