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).
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Two mildly dissatisfying statements to kick this one off: Ke Krčské stráni was ‘probably’ built ‘sometime in the 1940s’, and seems to not get its own street sign. Then, for its name, while Na krčské stráni is located on a hillside (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/05/26/prague-4-day-387-na-krcske-strani/), Ke Krčské stráni leads towards one. It’s nice and green round here, so…
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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.…
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