History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Thiriar

In Dutch: Thiriarlaan

Avenue Thiriar, in Brussels, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 72% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198928
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20103

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Scientists
Named in
1935

Médecin, Jules Thiriar (1846-1913), professeur à l’Université libre de Bruxelles et le médecin personnel du roi Léopold II. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives