Avenue de Tervueren or Tervurenlaan (in Dutch

Dutch language

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) is a major thoroughfare

Road

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 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

Belgium

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. It runs from Merode

Mérode station

Merode is a railway and metro station in Brussels, Belgium. The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek , under the "Porte de Tervueren/Tervuursepoort," which is the start of Avenue de Tervueren, a major street in Brussels...

 in the west, connects with Montgomery Square

Montgomery Square

Montgomery Square, Square Montgomery or Montgomeryplein is a major intersection in the east of Brussels in the commune of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. It is named in honor of Field Marshal Montgomery. It is situated on the intersection of Avenue de Tervueren and the boulevards Brand Whitlock and...

, passes through Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and the Ring at Quatre Bras

Quatre Bras

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 and finishes at the park in Tervuren

Tervuren

Tervuren is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren, Vossem and Moorsel. On January 1, 2006, Tervuren had a total population of 20,636...

.

The avenue was commissioned by King Leopold II of Belgium as part of his building campaign, and finished in 1897 in time for the Brussels International Exhibition

Brussels International (1897)

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of that year.