Rue Belliard

Rue Belliard (French) or Belliardstraat (Dutch) is a major street in Brussels, Belgium. The street runs parallel to Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat. Both are one-way streets; where traffic in Rue de la Loi runs in the western direction towards Brussels' city centre, Rue Belliard runs in the eastern direction, away from the city centre.

Rue Belliard (in French)
Belliardstraat (in Dutch)
View of Rue Belliard on Belgian National Day
Location within Brussels
LocationCity of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
QuarterLeopold Quarter
Coordinates50°50′27″N 04°22′34″E

The street runs from the east of the small ring road to the south-west corner of the Cinquantenaire Park. The street has 4 lanes from the small ring road to the start of the Belliard tunnel, 2 lanes along Leopold Park and ends on 1 lane up to the Cinquantenaire. The section on one lane from one park to the other is partly in the territory of the municipality of Etterbeek. The rest of the street is in the territory of the City of Brussels.

Rue Belliard is named after Augustin Daniel Belliard, a French general who was governor of the department of the Dyle.[1]

Buildings

The first part of Rue Belliard (from Avenue des Arts/Kunstlaan until Rue van Maerlant/Van Maerlantstraat) was opened in 1855, while the second part of the street (until the Cinquantenaire Park) was finished in 1869.[1]

See also

References
  1. Inventory of the architectural heritage, Brussels-Capital Region (source only available in Dutch and French)
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