What's in a Prague street name
Every street in Prague, one by one.
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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).
Category: 1980
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Toušeňská was built in 1980. Lázně Toušeň is a town in the current-day Prague East district, with a population of 1,500. The oldest gold object ever found in Central Europe – an earring from the Řivnáč culture, dating from about BCE 3,000 – was discovered here. Its name means ‘Toušen’s hillfort’, and it’s feminine –…
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Dobřejovická was buiilt in 1980. Dobřejovice is a village in Prague-East, about 18 km south-east of the centre of the city. The earliest extant information of it in writing is from 1309. It has about 1,300 inhabitants and a nice chateau, although, given it’s privately owned, you’re unlikely to be able to visit it unless…
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Originally published on Twitter on 28 August 2022. Siwiecova was built in 1980. Until 2009, this was Havelkova, Václav Havelka (1893-1967, and yes, that was his actual name), was a Communist functionary, so it’s quite amazing the street maintained this name for so long. Not least given that the street is the home of the…
What's in a Prague street name 