History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue de la Libre Académie

In Dutch: Vrije-Academielaan

Avenue de la Libre Académie, in Anderlecht, has 44 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 73% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19695
1970 – 198932
1990 – 20096
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 38: 1961. 4 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: 1952

La Libre Académie de Belgique a été fondée par Edmond Picard en 1911. Elle octroie des récompenses des chercheurs, des artistes et des intellectuels. Elle n'existe plus aujourd'hui. Edmond Picard est par ailleurs critiqué pour ses prises de position antisémites. (remark in French, as published)

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