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Prague 3, day 64: Olgy Havlové
Originally published on Twitter on 26 June 2022. Olgy Havlové was built in 2012. I normally try to get a photo where you can actually read the street sign, but isn’t this one awesome despite completely failing on that count? Olga Šplíchalová was born in Žižkov (specifically Vackov) in 1933. In the early 1950s, she Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 63: Rixdorfská
Originally published on Twitter on 25 June 2022. Rixdorfská was built in a very recent 2012. Český Rixdorf, or Böhmisch-Rixdorf, was a community founded by Protestant refugees from Bohemia in 1737. It’s located in what is now the Neukölln district of Berlin. Like other Bohemian Protestants, these exiles left the country as they were being Continue reading
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