History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue des Armures

In Dutch: Wapenrustinglaan

Avenue des Armures, in Forest, has 64 buildings on the Atlas map, for 70 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 20% 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 – 191313
1914 – 194436
1945 – 196912
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 35: 1904. 22 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1910

Initialement appelée avenue Beernaert, elle se voit attribuer son nom actuel vers 1910. Sa dénomination évoque, tout comme celle de la rue du Tournoi et de la rue de l’Escrime, les joutes et les tournois du Moyen-Âge. (remark in French, as published)

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