History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue de la Toison d'Or

In Dutch: Gulden-Vlieslaan

Avenue de la Toison d'Or, in Saint-Gilles, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 24% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18792
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19695
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 64: 1905. 6 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Theme: Historical references
Named in: 1912

Lors du rasage des fortifications de la seconde enceinte de Bruxelles, au début de XIXe siècle, les nouveaux axes créés reçurent divers noms. L'avenue de la Toison d'Or fut un d'entre eux, et fut nommée ainsi suite à l'Ordre de Chevalerie créé en 1430 par Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, lors de son mariage avec Isabelle de Portugal. ex. boulevard extérieur de Waterloo. (remark in French, as published)

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