Avenue des Croix de Guerre
In Dutch: Oorlogskruisenlaan
Avenue des Croix de Guerre, in Brussels, has 125 buildings on the Atlas map, for 141 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 64% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19694
- 1970 – 198923
- 1990 – 200980
- since 201018
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 294: 1964. 7 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
- 1953
La Croix de Guerre est une médaille honorifique qui fut créée en 1915 par la Belgique pour honorer le courage de certains combattants. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives