Avenue Louise
In Dutch: Louizalaan
Avenue Louise, in Saint-Gilles, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 36 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 68% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18791
- 1880 – 191321
- 1914 – 19447
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 75: 1869. 10 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.