History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue de Lima

In Dutch: Limalaan

Avenue de Lima, in Brussels, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 78% 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 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198918
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1953. 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Regions and countries
Named in
1935

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives