What's in a Prague street name

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Category: Fortresses

  • Prague 2, day 95: V Pevnosti

    Originally published on X on 9 February 2023. V Pevnosti was named in 1900 but presumably built some time before then. Its name translates as ‘In the fortress’. Czech monarchs lived at Vyšehrad until 1140, when their residence moved back to Prague Castle. It wasn’t until 1348, and the rule of Charles IV, that Vyšehrad…