What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 31 March 2024.

Yesterday, I gave you the brief things that we know about Mr Štupart: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/12/prague-1-day-187-stupartska/.

Today, I’m able to give you the address where he once owned a house (from 1664), but not the house itself, as that was demolished in 1911.

The street was originally called Štupartská, just like its neighbour, but gained an adjective in 1925. I’m not convinced that it’s actually the smaller of the two streets, and, if it is, it’s not by a significant amount.

Malá Štupartská is also where I took the pictures of St James’s Church on here: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/11/prague-1-day-185-jakubska/.

So, inevitably, to the left of the church, you’ll find the buildings of the former monastery (numbers 6 and 8). One of them is now a school.

Across the road at number 7, Dům U Božího oka (God’s Eye House) is part of the Týn complex (more on that soon). Another victim of the fire of 1689, it was restored in early Baroque style in 1694.