History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue de la Liberté

In Dutch: Vrijheidslaan

Avenue de la Liberté, in Koekelberg, has 53 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 66% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18793
  • 1880 – 191331
  • 1914 – 194413
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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.