Thunovska Street - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.350 E 014° 24.215
33U E 457336 N 5548714
Thunovska Street - Prague
Waymark Code: WMTPHD
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/24/2016
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Thunovská Street connecting the Castle stairs and the Tomášská Street. There is a fact speaking about its antiquity, that already from the 14th century it has been called Pod stupni/Under the degrees. From the beginning of the 18th century the lower part of the street was called Sklenárská/The Glazier street, because the glaziers were professing their crafts here. The middle part above the Snemovní street beared the name of Farská/The rectory street. That is because in the Kolovratském house No. 177 there used to be a rectory of the Church of st. Nicholas. The baroque construction of this house was finished in 1707 and it is accredited to architect Antonín Luragov. The upper part by the Castle stairs was called the Thunovská street. From 1870 the whole street bears this name. The reason why is that the local house No. 180 holds the Thunovský Palace. By the beginning of the twenties of the last century the palace was bought from Josef Osvald III. Thuna from the Hohenštejn – Salm – Reifferscheidt by the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and the Northern Island in then CSR (Czechoslovakia). Today there is an embassy.
Physical Address: Thunovská Prague, Czech Republic
Description of Postcard Location: Thunovska Street
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