Tag: Lublin

Hand-Painted Sign in Lublin

June 22, 2013

At first I thought this was a ghost sign, but after looking closer at what it says and later finding that there really is a store with that name now, I understood it was not. It’s a store that sells gifts, souvenirs, and postcards. I really like the sign nevertheless.

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June 20, 2013

Lublin’s Guard Stones

From 1795-1803 Lublin was part of New Galicia, a short-lived聽administrative region of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy.聽In 1803 it was merged with the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, but retained some autonomy. In 1809 Austria lost this territory, and in 1815 it became part of Congress Poland. A sampling of Lublin’s […]