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: Canada
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Heleny Kočvarové was built in 2019. Helena Lohrová was born in Prague in 1942, the daughter of a lawyer, Karel Lohr. Her godmother, Zdeňka Havránková, was the widow of a director of the Škoda Works, and owned a Neo-Gothic mansion, Hadovka, in Prague 6, which she rented out to the Canadian Embassy. Helena inherited the…
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Originally published on X on 26 January 2024. George, not Denzel, Dinah or Poussey. I could tell the George Washington story, but you might already know it quite well and/or feel it’s not got enough/any Czech connections (it won’t shock you to learn that GW never set foot in Bohemia). So let’s go looking for…
