What's in a Prague street name

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  • Prague 1, day 241: U obecního dvora

    Originally published on X on 30 May 2024. Around here, we’re near the end (or start) of one of the oldest trade routes between Prague (specifically Old Town Square), Bohemia and Germany. Therefore, around the 15th century, the Obecní dvůr (Municipal Court) was built here, as a yard owned by the Municipality of Prague. However,…

  • Prague 3, day 5: Šikmá

    Originally posted on Twitter on 28 April 2022. Šikmá was built in 1930. This street heads north-west off of Koněvova, whereas the streets we’ve covered so far point north-east. So it’s appropriate that ‘šikmý’ is an adjective that translates as ‘oblique’, ‘slanting’ or ‘inclined’. The most famous thing that uses the adjective is not this…