What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.


Zlín Region

  • Prague 3, day 191: Velehradská

    Originally published on Twitter on 31 October 2022. Velehradská was built around 1860. Until 1896, the street was called U židovského hřbitova (At the Jewish Cemetery), as, until 1890, what is now Mahlerovy sady (which includes the Žižkov Television Tower) hosted the cemetery until it was moved (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/28/prague-3-day-99-izraelska/) due to overcrowding. Velehrad, meanwhile, is a Continue reading