History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place de la Liberté

In Dutch: Vrijheidsplein

Place de la Liberté, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% 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 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Belgian state
Named in
1874

La place de la Liberté est située juste à côté de la colonne du Congrès et est composée de quatre rues qui désignent des libertés constitutionnelles : Presse, Culte, Enseignement et Association. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives