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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

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

Tag: Boykos

A Protection Symbol for the Home: The Six-Petal Rosette оn the Crossbeams of Galicia

October 22, 2018

The Six-Petal Rosette The six-petal rosette (also known as a hexafoil), the flower-like symbol created by overlapping seven circles, as well as the expanded variants with 7 interlocking rosettes and 19 interlocking rosettes (the latter is called the “Flower of Life” in the New Age movement), is an ancient symbol […]

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November 23, 2015

Boyko Music: ‘At the Foot of the Carpathian Chain’

My paternal grandfather was born in the village of Lybokhora (Turka District), the “capital” of Boyko instrumental music. His parents, who were from the Sambir and Lviv regions, moved to this Carpathian village in the early 1900s to direct and teach at the local school. This is a picture from […]

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Painted glass windows (faux stained glass) in the Painted glass windows (faux stained glass) in the former apartment building of Jakob Samuel Reiss, owner of a Lviv brickworks—his name can be found imprinted on many old bricks around the city. Historical examples of such painted glass are quite rare in Lviv. The building, constructed in 1910, was designed by his son, architect Leopold Reiss. It's usually locked, so I was lucky to finally get inside. Behind the windows lies a courtyard inhabited by a couple dozen cats and the remnants of an old coal lift—photos of which I’ll share tomorrow.

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Friday night, Lviv experienced a massive drone att Friday night, Lviv experienced a massive drone attack. It was a terrifying night, with the buzzing of drones and loud explosions echoing through the city for several hours. Thankfully, no lives were lost, but nearly a dozen people were injured, and a couple were hospitalized. Several locations around Lviv were struck, including historic neighborhoods. Pre-WWI Austrian-era buildings in Art Nouveau and Historicist styles were among the damaged structures. In total, over 50 buildings (528 apartments) were impacted, with more than 500 windows shattered. Fifteen apartments are now uninhabitable. One of the most severely damaged buildings is just a few doors down from where some of my relatives live. A nearby Soviet-era business center, where another relative has her office, also suffered significant damage.
This morning, I had an appointment just down the street from one of the affected sites, so I decided to see the damage for myself. Workers were already clearing debris, and the coffee shops in the business center were still up and running. Life goes on, despite everything.

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Last week I went to a lecture about Ukrainian arti Last week I went to a lecture about Ukrainian artist and monumentalist Yuliyan Butsmaniuk (1885-1967) who created works in the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style at the Mystetska Biblioteka (Art Library). While there, I also got to see the library's current exhibition "The Memory of Things" dedicated to Art Nouveau (Secessionist) household objects.

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Szymon Małochleb’s Art Nouveau-style residence, Szymon Małochleb’s Art Nouveau-style residence, built between 1912 and 1913 and designed by Jan Kajpert and Aleksander Osten, stands out for its richly detailed sculptural decoration by Teobald Orkasiewicz. On the pediment is a relief of Tadeusz Kościuszko, leader of the Polish Uprising of 1794, while above the gateway is "The Beating of Scythes," inspired by a well-known work by Polish painter Artur Grottger.
Adjacent to the main house, a one-story factory building was constructed during the same time. In the interwar years, it housed Małochleb’s water pump factory, which specialized in digging, drilling, repairing, and cleaning various types of wells.
From 1913 to 1927, Teobald Orkasiewicz, the artist behind the building’s sculptural elements, lived and worked on the premises.
In the 1940s–1950s, the premises housed the Driller cooperative of the Lviv Regional Metalworkers’ Union, which specialized in installing and repairing water standpipes, drilling wells of various depths, and producing various agricultural tools.
In 1997, sculptor Stanislav Melnychuk restored a statue of the Virgin Mary, which now adorns the building’s courtyard.

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Summertime in Lviv #archidetails #architecturalhe Summertime in Lviv

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