History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Avenue Notre-Dame de Fatima

In Dutch: Onze Lieve-Vrouw van Fatimalaan

Avenue Notre-Dame de Fatima, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 58% 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 – 196918
  • 1970 – 198912
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 28: 1957. 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Religion

Le nom de l'avenue fait référence à une apparition de la Vierge Marie face à trois enfants dans le village portugais de Fatima en 1917. Devenu un lieu de pèlerinage, les apparitions furent reconnues par l'Eglise en 1930. (remark in French, as published)

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