Croatia
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Prague 1, day 17: Loretánské náměstí
Originally published on X on 11 September 2023. Let’s start this one in Italy, where Loreto, on the Adriatic coast, and with a population of about 12,000, houses the Basilica della Santa Casa, which some Catholics believe was inhabited by the Virgin Mary. Rather than being a nice Italian holiday home for the… Mary and Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 54: Jugoslávská
Originally published on Twitter on 30 December 2022. Jugoslávská was built in 1884. Until 1926, this was Karlova, after Karel IV, who will come up 1,926 times in the Prague 1 series. It was named Jugoslávská along with all the other Allied streets in 1926, although, under the Nazi occupation, it was called Priennova. Günther Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 47: Záhřebská
Originally published on Twitter on 23 December 2022. Záhřebská was built in 1872. Until 1880, this was Hrabova, after Josef Hraba (born 1815), a hotelier who owned the land upon which the street was built (and who died the year before it was). Then, until 1926, it was Klicperova, after Václav Kliment Klicpera (1752-1859), a Continue reading
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