What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 9 September 2022.

Vozová was built in 1875. Nice old-school street sign too.

Vozová was first mentioned in 1843, as a ‘garden with a residential building’, located in the Křížovka vineyard, which had already existed for over 400 years.

In 1854, Count Karl of Lessonitz-Reichenbach purchased it and built a modern, one-storey villa, a garden and stables. Upon his death in 1861, it was inherited by his wife Clementine.

In 1896, Clementine (by then Countess Belfort) sold it on to a local firm, before it was purchased by the municipality of Vinohrady in 1902 – who turned it into Riegrovy sady.

The famous ‘Gloriet’, a late classicist building in the park, has been converted into a restaurant: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Vozov%C3%A1_-_gloriet_04.jpg

Originally known as ‘Mlíkárna’, because it sold milk products, it fell into disrepair after WW2, but was reopened in 2009.

The villa, meanwhile, now hosts a primary school.