History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Avenue de Versailles

In Dutch: Versailleslaan

Avenue de Versailles, in Brussels, has 34 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 38% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 198913
  • 1990 – 200910
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 127: 1966. 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
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1937

Ce toponyme fait référence au Traité de Versailles négocié et signé en 1919. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives