Avenue Fonsny
Street in Saint-Gilles, Belgium
50°50′01″N 04°20′07″E / 50.83361°N 4.33528°E / 50.83361; 4.33528
The Avenue Fonsny (French) or Fonsnylaan (Dutch) is a major street in the Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It connects the Place de la Constitution/Grondwetplein on the south-west of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) to the municipality of Forest, where it is continued by the Avenue Van Volxem/Van Volxemlaan. It bears the name of a former mayor of Saint-Gilles, Jean-Toussaint Fonsny.[1]
One entry to Brussels-South railway station is on the Avenue Fonsny. The street also runs parallel to railway line 96.
See also
- List of streets in Brussels
- History of Brussels
- Belgium in the long nineteenth century
References
Citations
- ^ "Avenue Fonsny – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
External links
Media related to Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan (Saint-Gilles) at Wikimedia Commons
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