What's in a Prague street name
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Category: 1878
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Originally published on X on 5 April 2023. Palackého most (Palacký Bridge) was opened in 1878. Turns out Prague bridges don’t tend to get street signs, so here’s a couple of pics instead. We can keep this one fairly brief, as František Palacký was covered yesterday: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/31/prague-2-day-145-palackeho-namesti/ During the Nazi occupation, the bridge was called…
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Originally published on Twitter on 15 December 2022. Anglickáwas built in its current form between 1867 and 1878. Historically, there was a highway (if that’s the term) leading from Žitná brána (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/02/27/prague-2-day-36-zitna/) to the then village of Vršovice. From 1878, it was named Palackého after František Palacký, figurehead of the Czech National Revival. It then…
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Originally published on Twitter on 3 September 2022. Vlkova was built in 1878. Jakub Vlk was a radical Hussite priest. After Jan Želivský died in 1422, he took over as preacher at Our Lady of the Snows (Panny Marie Sněžné, on Jungmannovo náměstí). He was expelled in 1434 and took refuge in Hradec Králové with…
What's in a Prague street name 