History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Avenue des Dryades

In Dutch: Bosnimfenlaan

Avenue des Dryades, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 53 buildings on the Atlas map, for 55 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 42% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 38% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187912
  • 1880 – 19138
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198922
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20101

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1937

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