History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue de la Poésie

In Dutch: Dichtkunstlaan

Avenue de la Poésie, in Anderlecht, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 47% 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 – 19442
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1934. 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
Arts and culture
Named in
1925

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