What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 12 July 2022.

Prokopovo náměstí (Prokop Square) was built in 1872.

We’ve already covered Prokop Holy all of three days ago: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/23/prague-3-day-77-prokopova/.

So let’s pad this out with some brief facts about the square itself.

It used to be the scene of the largest market in Žižkov, as well as the district’s first post office, and, until 1890, the Žižkov Town Hall.

It’s also known for having an equestrian monument to Jaroslav Hašek, created by Karel Nepraš and Karolína Neprašová.

There’s a nice picture of the market back in the day on https://prahain.cz/zivot-ve-meste/po-top-prokopovo-namesti-pred-sto-lety-a-dnes-4875.html….