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: Manors
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Originally published on X on 25 February 2024. Boršov is a local manor, first mentioned in 1323. Its name derives from ‘Bořivoj’ (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/01/14/prague-3-day-134-borivojova/). From the mid-1700s until 1870, the street was called Poštovský plácek (‘Postal patch’ or thereabouts), after the nearby postal route (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/28/prague-1-day-153-karoliny-svetle/). It reverted to Boršov in 1870, but, around the end…
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Originally published on X on 2 February 2023. Na Slupi was built in 1448 and was called Slupská until 1870. Sometimes we go *way* back. And, the further back we go, the more likely it often becomes that we don’t entirely know where street names come from. It’s likely that, before the New Town was…
What's in a Prague street name 