What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 16 March 2023.

Trojická was built around 1850.

Trojická translates as ‘Trinity’, and the street is named after the Church of the Holy Trinity in Podskalí / Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice v Podskalí.

A chapel is documented as having stood here in 1358, dedicated either to St Antony or to St Andrew. In ‘words I feel like I’ve written hundreds of times’ news, it was burned down during the Hussite Wars, before being restored in 1476.

The church started to fall into disrepair in the 1700s, prompting its reconstruction in baroque style. One wall from the original church remains.

Key stages in the reconstruction included the chapel (1751) and the new tower (1782). The church was also one of the buildings that did survive the ‘renovation’ of the neighbourhood in the 19th century.

There’s a nice set of pics (i.e. I forgot to take any of my own) on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Holy_Trinity_Church_in_Prague_(New_Town,_Trojick%C3%A1).