History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue du Pérou

In Dutch: Perulaan

Avenue du Pérou, in Brussels, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 46% 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 – 198916
1990 – 200915
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 69: 1960. 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1950

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