History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Venizelos

In Dutch: Venizeloslaan

Avenue Venizelos, in Anderlecht, has 68 buildings on the Atlas map, for 70 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 62% 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 – 196942
1970 – 198922
1990 – 20093
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1955.

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: First World War
Named in: 1920

Elefthérios Venizélos (1864-1936) était un homme politique grec. Premier ministre pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'oppose au roi Constantin Ier (proche de la Triplice) et forme à Thessalonique un gouvernement dissident (octobre 1916). Il parvient, après juin 1917, à engager la Grèce aux côtés des Alliés. (remark in French, as published)

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