What's in a Prague street name

Nad malým mýtem was built in 1935.

A ‘mýto’ is a toll. We’re near the Vltava, and, historically, this is where tolls were collected.

By the mid-19th century, the entire area was called ‘Za malým mýtem’, literally ‘Behind the small toll’.

Those who think it may be unusual to name a place after a toll may do well to think of Vysoké Mýto, a town of 13,000 people in the Pardubice Region. It was founded by Přemysl Otakar II (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/01/06/prague-4-day-6-otakarova/) in the mid-1200s and, once upon a time, was a major trading centre. in the mid-1200s and, once upon a time, was a major trading centre.

The town is so-called because only the monarch was allowed to impose tolls there.