History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue du Forum

In Dutch: Forumlaan

Avenue du Forum, in Brussels, has 32 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 59% 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 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19894
1990 – 200919
since 20108

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1968.

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: Relief and landscape
Named in: 1960

Il n'y a pas de forum à cet endroit, mais l'avenue forme un grand arc de cercle rappelant la forme de celui-ci. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives