History of a street · 1050 Brussels

Avenue Louise

In Dutch: Louizalaan

Avenue Louise, in Brussels, has 298 buildings on the Atlas map, for 480 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 41% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187943
  • 1880 – 191379
  • 1914 – 194422
  • 1945 – 196950
  • 1970 – 198940
  • 1990 – 200946
  • since 201018

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 115: 1862. 97 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
Named in
1864

L'espace Louise, l'avenue Louise et la Porte de Louise furent créés au milieu du XIXe siècle dans le but de relier la ville de Bruxelles au Bois de la Cambre par un axe direct. L'avenue fut conçue de manière à permettre à la noblesse et à la haute bourgeoisie de faire des promenades au centre de l'axe jusqu'au bois. Le nom 'Louise' fait aussi bien référence à la reine Louise-Marie (1812-1850) qu'à la fille de Léopold II née en 1835 née pendant les négociations sur l'aménagement de l'axe. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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