What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

Judges

  • Prague 4, day 17: Ctiborova

    Ctiborova was built in 1892. Which is possibly also when somebody last bothered to clean that street sign. Ctibor was supposedly a nobleman who worked as a judge during the reign of Václav I (who ruled from 1230 to 1253, and founded what are now the country’s second and sixth-largest cities (Brno and Olomouc)). Ctibor Continue reading

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  • Prague 2, day 161: Myslíkova

    Originally published on X on 20 April 2023. Myslíkova was built around 1348, when the New Town was founded. Originally nameless, the street became known as Pod Zderazem, due to its location ‘under Zderaz’: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/01/prague-2-day-159-na-zderaze/. Then, it became known as Pasířská until about 1700, because of the craftsmen (a pasíř is one who makes decorative Continue reading

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