History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Romain Rolland

In Dutch: Romain Rollandlaan

Avenue Romain Rolland, in Anderlecht, has 57 buildings on the Atlas map, for 58 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 – 196933
  • 1970 – 198921
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 55: 1945.

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
1950

Romain Rolland (1866-1944) est un écrivain français. Il reçut le Prix Nobel de littérature en 1915. (remark in French, as published)

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