What's in a Prague street name

Stará cesta was named in 1911. Which may also be when that street sign was last cleaned. Goodness.

‘Stará cesta’ translates as ‘old path’, and this is exactly what you have here.

A bit further down the path, you’ve got the Marold Villa, where the painter Luděk Marold (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/23/prague-4-day-43-maroldova/) was brought up here by his aunt after he was orphaned.

There’s a fine picture of the villa on https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/maroldova-vila-13071625.