What's in a Prague street name

Nad kostelem was built in 1934. And that’s a particularly satisfying street sign pic.

‘Nad kostelem’ translates as ‘Above the church’. The church in question is Kostel svatého Prokopa v Braníku (the Church of St. Prokop in Braník), the tower which you can see in this picture.

The single-nave, Romanesque Revival-style church was consecrated in 1901; its tower was completed in 1903. The architect was Rudolf Vomáčka (1847-1926).

Here’s a much better photo of it than mine, taken by Wikimedia user VitVit (https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vom%C3%A1%C4%8Dka#/media/Soubor:Bran%C3%ADk_Prokop_1.jpg).

For the story of St Prokop, let me take you into the city centre: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/11/prague-1-day-76-prokopska/.