This time in Streets & Squares we go to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. A city that is deemed by many to be one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in Europe. Lots of history there of course, and you can see that in the street signs as well - but it can be quite a challenge for a foreigner to recognize the names in eponymous streets.
The river Vlatava flows through Prague, so the city is situated on both sides - here divided into West & East.
Some vocabulary to go along: most is bridge, sady is park, ulicka is street.
CECHUV MOST (Cech Bridge) - Svatopluk Cech (1846-1908) Czech writer, journalist and poet born in Benesov. StreetView
KARLUV MOST (Charles Bridge) - Charles IV (1316-1378) (b Wenceslaus) was a Holy Roman Emperor born in Prague. He laid the first foundation stone himself, and the exact time of it is known since the palindromic number 135797531 was carved into the Old Town bridge tower having been chosen by the royal astrologists and numerologists as the best time for starting the bridge construction. StreetView
MÁNESUV MOST (Manes Bridge) - Josef Mánes* (1820-1871) was a Czech painter born in Prague. StreetView
NERUDOVA (Malá Strana) - Jan Neruda (1834-1891) journalist, writer and poet born in Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. StreetView
PARK VOJANOVY SADY (West) - Eduard Vojan (1853-1920) famous Czech actor from Malá Strana in Prague. StreetView
SMETANOVO NABREZI (West) - Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) the great Czech composer born in Litomysl, Austria-Hungary. StreetView
WENCESLAS SQUARE (East) - Wenceslaus I (Svatý Václav in Czech) (c.907-935) Duke of Bohemia assassinated by his own brother, born in Prague, Bohemia. The square is called Václavské námestí in Czech. StreetView
A to Z FROM PRAGUE
i.e. a list of people born in Prague. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag, logo or coat of arms of the city – down below!
A - Madeleine Albright* American politician (1937)
B - Bernard Bolzano* logician/philosopher/priest (1781)
H - Václav Havel* writer/statesman/P (1936)
K - Franz Kafka* writer/novelist (1883)
N - Martina Navratilova* tennis player (1956)
Q - Anne of Bohemia* Queen of England by marriage to King Edward II (1366)
R - Rainer Maria Rilke* author (1875)
S - Alois Senefelder* actor/playwright/inventor of lithography (1771)
V - Eduard Vojan* actor from Malá Strana (1853)
Updated 29.8.2022
Sources:
PARK VOJANOVY SADY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A1_Strana
http://www.czechtourism.com/a/prague-parks/
Bridges over the Vltava
https://www.1pragueguide.com/famous-streets
