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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire

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Ghost Signs of Lviv: A Look into the City’s Faded Past

June 1, 2020

I love ghost signs. These messages from the past are one of my favorite parts of the urban landscape. I get overly excited every time I discover a new one. Ghost signs (aka fading ads or brick ads) are old hand-painted signs that have been preserved on a building for […]

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February 8, 2020

Photographs of Prewar Lviv: Hand-Painted Signs

I’ve combed through hundreds of old photographs of Lviv (Lemberg / Lwów) in search of hand-painted signs that are visible today as “ghost signs.” While I’ve only been able to find one such example – a photograph of a milkhouse, the search was not in vain: I came out with […]

February 27, 2018

Medieval Signage in Lviv

Medieval ads and signs have survived in and around Lviv’s Rynok Square. These are metal signs or stone carvings located above entrance ways. The emblems marked the locations of guilds, workshops, stores, taverns, etc. Signage during this era used symbols since the general populace was illiterate. Entrances to taverns were […]

April 25, 2016

Prague’s House Signs

Before Empress Maria Theresa introduced identifying numbers to Prague in 1770, houses were known and located by allegorical symbols. Many of them originally had alchemical significance. The Two Suns The Golden Key Castle goldsmiths lived in this house in the 17th century They paid fees to the city and thus […]

September 15, 2014

Chimney Sweep Sign in Lviv

Lviv, like most cities in the nineteenth century, needed chimney sweeps to keep chimneys clean from the soot that accumulated from burning coal. The bas-relief of a chimney sweep on Anhelovycha Street is one of the only reminders of the era of chimney sweeps. At the beginning of the twentieth […]

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Old elevator in a building built in 1929 #elevator Old elevator in a building built in 1929
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Balustrades of Przemyśl #balustrade #balustrades Balustrades of Przemyśl 
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Boot scrapers of Przemyśl #skrobaczka #bootscrape Boot scrapers of Przemyśl #skrobaczka #bootscraper #bootscrapers #ironwork #metalwork #addicted_to_details #archidetails #architecturehunter #architecture_hunter #architecturelovers #architecturaldetail #decrottoir #przemyśl #galicja #galicia
A sampling of antique tiles around Przemyśl #til A sampling of antique tiles around Przemyśl 
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Old gate with manufacturer's mark #gate #gates #fe Old gate with manufacturer's mark
#gate #gates #fence #ironwork #metalwork #archidetails #architecture_hunter #architecturaldetail #manufacturersmark #makersmark #inscription #oldsigns #oldsignage #przemyśl #galicja #galicia
Great corner buildings with domes #archidetails #a Great corner buildings with domes
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Examples of recessed portals in Modernist (Functio Examples of recessed portals in Modernist (Functionalist) buildings across Kraków. This type of portal was originally found in Romanesque and Gothic church portals, which have multiple set-back arches resting on a series of jambs. A much-simplified recessed portal, inspired by the original church portals, was used later in architectural styles such as Art Deco and Functionalism (many great examples can be found in both Kraków and Lviv).
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A beautiful old door with the signature of the cra A beautiful old door with the signature of the craftsman who created it - Wł Meresiński. Władysław Meresiński was also the owner of this building. This type of mark carved into the door by the carpenter, several examples of which can be found around Kraków, is not something I've seen in Lviv.
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