History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Ferdauci

In Dutch: Ferdaucilaan

Avenue Ferdauci, in Brussels, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 36 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 75% of its buildings appear in that period.

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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 – 19693
1970 – 198927
1990 – 20095
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1948. 3 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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1935

La rue pourrait rendre hommage au poète Persan Ferdauci ayant vécu au Xe siècle. Ce poète est apprécié des orientalistes, et le quartier rend hommage à l'orientalisme, plus précisément au japonisme… (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives