What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

Switzerland

8th Oct 2024

Prague 1, day 175: Havelská

Originally published on X on 18 March 2024. Nothing to do with the Havel you’re probably all thinking of – Svatý Havel is St Gall. According to his biographers, Gall was born in Ireland around 550, and studied at the abbey in Bangor (County Down, Northern Ireland, not Wales), becoming a disciple of St Columban. Continue reading

Churches, Ireland, Markets, Monasteries, Prague 1, Praha 1, Saints, Switzerland, United Nations
26th Nov 2022

Prague 3, day 94: Basilejské náměstí

Originally published on Twitter on 26 July 2022. Basilejské náměstí – Basel Square – was built in 1932. The Swiss city of Basel, as well as being a very nice place to walk around (which the square is currently not – see later on) has a special significance for Czechs. The Council of Basel was Continue reading

1932, Hussites, Prague 3, Praha 3, Switzerland, Theologians, Žižkov