History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Avenue des Gaulois

In Dutch: Galliërslaan

Avenue des Gaulois, in Etterbeek, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 72% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191321
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20101

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 19: 1888. 19 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Theme: Historical references

Ce nom évoque la présence attestée d'un peuple gaulois sur le territoire belge. (remark in French, as published)

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