What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 29 March 2024.

Shirley Tem…, no, wait, it’s not 1 April just yet, is it.

For the briefest of lessons about the Knights Templar and their time in Prague, take a look at https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/03/prague-1-day-163-anenske-namesti/.

While their main stomping ground was on Anenské náměstí, it seems that they also owned a house at number 1, which was known as In Templo (Czech: V Templu).

Their time in Bohemia is not brilliantly documented, so I’m unsure if they moved here before or after they were cancelled by the Pope in 1312.

I read that the building was later occupied by nuns, who ran a hospital for poor women, but then the different pages I was looking at started giving slightly different information, so I’ll stop now.

Anyway, have a Good Friday, and I look forward to giving you something a bit more concrete tomorrow.