Avenue des Croix de l'Yser
In Dutch: IJzerkruisenlaan
Avenue des Croix de l'Yser, in Brussels, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 78% 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 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 200914
- since 20104
No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.
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
- 1938
La Croix de l'Yser est une médaille honorifique créée en 1918 et destinée à récompenser la bravoure des combattants belges situés le long de la frontière de l'Yser pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives