History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue Victoria

In Dutch: Victorialaan

Avenue Victoria, in Brussels, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 78% 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 – 18791
  • 1880 – 19132
  • 1914 – 194418
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1928. 8 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
1878

L'avenue rend hommage à la reine Victoria (1819-1901), reine d'Angleterre (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives