History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue de la Renaissance

In Dutch: Renaissancelaan

Avenue de la Renaissance, in Brussels, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 42% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 42% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191310
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20092
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1899. 10 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1877

'Le nom de l'avenue renvoie à la période de renouveau artistique et culturel inspiré de l'Antiquité, que connut l'Europe aux XVe et XVIe siècles. ' Urban (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives