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: Festivals
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U Habrovky was built in 1935. Once upon a time, there was a vineyard here; a homestead was added to it, and was named Habrovka. One building from the homestead survives: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habrovka_(usedlost)#/media/Soubor:Habrovka_(02).jpg (picture by Alenka Pokorná). This was presumably named after ‘habr’, or hornbeam, i.e. a hardwood tree in the plant genus Carpinus (there are…
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Na Fidlovačce was built in 1906. A fidlovačka is a tool that a cobbler – i.e. a person who makes or repairs shoes – uses to smooth leather. The tool then gave its name to a spring festival which took place in the Nusle valley, by the Botič stream (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-115-boticska/). At this festival – which…
What's in a Prague street name 