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Prague 2, day 24: Sady Bratří Čapků
Originally published on Twitter on 30 November 2022. Sady Bratří Čapků was created (sort of) in 2016. This was part of a larger park, opened in 1903, and, originally called Městský sad (City Garden) until 1928. In 1928, it became Bezručovy sady, after Petr Bezruč, the pseudonym of Vladimír Vašek (1867-1958), a poet most known Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 97: Zvěřinova
Originally published on Twitter on 29 July 2022. Zvěřinova was built in 2016, making it the newest street yet. Josef Zvěřina (1913-1990) was a priest, art historian, theologian, philosopher and educator. He graduated from the (no longer existing) Archbishops’ Gymnázium in Bubeneč in 1932, and was ordained as a priest in Rome in 1937. After Continue reading
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