History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue des Pagodes

In Dutch: Pagodenlaan

Avenue des Pagodes, in Brussels, has 245 buildings on the Atlas map, for 255 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 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 – 19131
1914 – 19446
1945 – 196912
1970 – 1989176
1990 – 200945
since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 406: 1925. 8 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings
Named in: 1925

Une pagode est une construction abritant des reliques dans le monde bouddhiste. 'Baptisée rue des Pagodes par décision de l’Administration communale de Laeken du 28.07.1914 – en référence au Pavillon chinois et à la Tour japonaise tout proches' Urban. La rue devient avenue en 1925. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives