History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Square des Vétérans Coloniaux

In Dutch: Koloniale Veteranensquare

Square des Vétérans Coloniaux, in Anderlecht, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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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 – 19697
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20092
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: Foreign relations
Named in: 1930

Ce square a été créé et nommé ainsi pour célébrer, à l'époque, les expéditions militaires et violentes dirigées par Léopold II au Congo actuel dans l'objectif d'y implanter une colonie. Les dates mentionnées sur la plaque placée sur le square font référence à la période de Léopold II, 1885-1908 (Etat indépendant du Congo) (remark in French, as published)

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