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Prague 4, day 130: Nad spádem
Nad spádem was built in 1925. ‘Spád’ can be translated as ‘momentum, ‘speed’, ‘cadence’, ‘flow’ and much else besides. In the context of this street, it would be a ‘gradient’, ‘slope’, etc., and ‘Nad spádem’ denotes that the street is above one. Continuing the theme of publishing companies quite liking setting up their headquarters in Continue reading
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Prague 1, day 209: Veleslavínova
Originally published on X on 25 April 2024. Daniel Adam was born into a well-off family in Prague in 1546. After studying history at Prague University, he lectured there from 1569 to 1576. Also in 1576, he married Anna Melantrichová, daughter of the famous publisher Jiří Melantrich (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/14/prague-1-day-194-melantrichova/), and started to work at his father-in-law’s Continue reading
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Prague 1, day 194: Melantrichova
Originally published on X on 7 April 2024. Jiřík Černý was born around 1511 in Rožďalovice, near Nymburk, but there are no written mentions of him until 1534, when he gained a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. At some point (the years after his graduation aren’t well documented either), he Continue reading
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