What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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  • Prague 1, day 53: Nábřeží Edvarda Beneše

    Originally published on X on 29 October 2023. Eduard Beneš was born as the tenth of ten children in Kožlany, near Plzeň, in 1884.  He attended the gymnasium in Vinohrady (on Londýnská – https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/03/03/prague-2-day-41-londynska/), then studying at Prague University, followed by the Sorbonne, Berlin and Dijon. In Paris, he became engaged to Anna (later Hana)…

  • Prague 1, day 52: U Bruských kasáren

    Originally published on X on 28 October 2023. I’m linking to the Brusnice thread far too often lately, but here’s one more reminder: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/07/prague-1-day-12-u-brusnice/ The street itself dates from 1931; the barracks it’s named after closed down a mere 168 years earlier, in 1763, before being converted into military accommodation in 1779. That housing, in…

  • Prague 1, day 46: Valdštejnské náměstí

    Originally published on X on 22 October 2023. Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna – usually called Albrecht von Wallenstein in English texts – was born in the Heřmanice Fortress, near Jaroměř, in 1583. His father was a nobleman who had fallen on hard times, and, by the age of eleven, Albrecht had become an orphan…

  • Prague 1, day 38: Malostranské náměstí

    Originally published on X on 12 October 2023. In 1257, Přemysl Otakar II founded a town here, just below the castle, and gave it the Latin name of Nova civitas sub castro Pragensi (New City under Prague Castle), or just Nova civitas, or – and this is where you may get confused if you’re a…