What's in a Prague street name
Every street in Prague, one by one.
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Originally published on X on 7 May 2024. Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves, in Mělník District, in 1841, as the eldest of nine children. He started learning the violin at the age of six, also studying music theory, piano and organ during his schooldays. In 1857, he went to Prague to study at…
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Originally published on Twitter on 17 December 2022. Londýnská was built in 1875. From 1875 to 1884, this was Tunelová, named after the tunnel under the street, connecting the main train station with the one in Nusle. Then it became Hálkova until 1926, after Vítězslav Hálek (1835-74), a poet, writer and journalist who was one…
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Originally published on Twitter on 25 May 2022. V Domově was built in 1925. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Prague didn’t become the capital of an independent country until 1918, and that the civil service had previously been based in Vienna. As Prague gained in importance, its population grew rapidly too. In 1920, it…
What's in a Prague street name 