What's in a Prague street name

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Category: 1891

  • Prague 2, day 101: Hostivítova

    Originally published on X on 15 February 2023. Hostivítova was built in 1891. See https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/20/prague-2-day-83-nezamyslova/ for a discussion of how Kosmas claimed there were seven legendary princes of Bohemia between Přemysl (yesterday’s thread) and Bořivoj (who actually existed). Hostivít was number seven, and is therefore assumed to be Bořivoj’s father. If he existed, we can…