History of a street · 1140 Evere

Avenue du Gibet

In Dutch: Galgelaan

Avenue du Gibet, in Evere, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 36% 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 – 19694
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20093
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 16: 1953. 4 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: 1953

Un gibet désigne une potence, c'est-à-dire des fourches patibulaires sur lesquelles des condamnés étaient pendus. La commune a accueilli ce lieu d'exécution entre le Xve et le XVIIIe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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