History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard de Waterloo

In Dutch: Waterloolaan

Boulevard de Waterloo, in Brussels, has 89 buildings on the Atlas map, for 113 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 44% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 74% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 187926
1880 – 191339
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19695
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20095
since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 90A: 1836. 16 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Theme: Historical references

Contrairement à la chaussée de Waterloo qui est nommée ainsi car elle mène à Waterloo, ce boulevard reçut ce nom en référence à la bataille de Waterloo où les Alliés l'emportèrent sur l'empereur français Napoléon Bonaparte. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives