Slovenia
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Prague 4, day 95: U Jedličkova ústavu
U Jedličkova ústavu was built in the 1930s, but not named until 1957. Rudolf Jedlička was born in Lysá nad Labem in 1869; his father had previously served as a doctor in present-day Slovenia, and his mother was the daughter of a mayor of Vyšehrad. He studied medicine in Prague, graduating in 1895, which was Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 6: Otakarova
Otakarova was built in 1900. Přemysl Otakar II was born in or around 1233, the son of Václav I, who had been King of Bohemia since 1230, and his wife, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen. His older brother, Vladislav, became Margrave of Moravia and Duke of Austria in 1246, but died suddenly in 1247, probably of natural Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 153: Resslova
Originally published on X on 12 April 2023. Until 1870, the street was known as U Hurta, Nad Hurtem, Hurtova or Hurtovská, all named after a building here (U Hurta) which hosted the municipal forge. Josef Ressel, meanwhile, was born to a Czech-German family in 1793 in Chrudim, which garnered him a quick mention on Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 55: Lublaňská
Originally published on Twitter on 31 December 2022. Prior to yesthealliedthingagain in 1926, the street was called Puchmajerova, after Antonín Jaroslav Puchmajer (1769-1820), writer, priest and the first Czech specialist in Romani studies. Keeping things ex-YU after yesterday, Lublaň is Ljubljana, which is the capital of Slovenia. It’s also freaking gorgeous, and, while I’m intending Continue reading
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