What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 14 May 2024.

A relatively quick one today, as I can just point you towards https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/31/prague-1-day-227-u-svateho-ducha/ (with an update: I’ve seen a website saying the church was built between 1346 and 1348).

Originally, the southern part of the street was called U sv. Ducha (like yesterday’s street), and the northern part was called Sv. Kříže, after a Church (and Monastery) of the Holy Cross which existed from 1256 until 1783.

Dušní does include the Spanish Synagogue – but that’s a much better fit for tomorrow’s post.