History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles
Avenue du Roi
In Dutch: Koningslaan
Avenue du Roi, in Saint-Gilles, has 91 buildings on the Atlas map, for 101 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18793
- 1880 – 191378
- 1914 – 194410
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 104: 1898. 16 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
- Commemorative name
- Theme
- Belgian state
En référence au roi Léopold II qui est à l'origine de cet axe à travers son plan pour le ré-embellisement de la ville. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.