What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 30 September 2022.

Pod židovskými hřbitovy was built in 1981 (like me).

Another belated ‘oh, that’s Prague 3’ moment – the only street sign says otherwise, but the northernmost part of the short street is actually in the district.

The street name translates as ‘Under the Jewish Cemeteries’, and that’s exactly where we are – here’s the previous thread about Izraelská: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/28/prague-3-day-99-izraelska/.

Though there’s been a significant and overdue event involving Prague’s Jewish cemeteries since that thread: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/07/broken-jewish-tombstones-used-to-pave-czech-square-made-into-memorial.

Although that monument is actually located at Prague’s *old* Jewish cemetery, which is now the location of the Žižkov Television Tower.