History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue du Brésil

In Dutch: Braziliëlaan

Avenue du Brésil, in Brussels, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1936. 5 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1937

Dans ce quartier, d'autres avenues portent des noms de pays (avenue de l'Uruguay, du Vénézuela, du Chili, du Pérou, de la Colombie, du Brésil et d'Italie). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives