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Forgotten Galicia

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‘Schranken’ & ‘Rogatkas’: Lviv’s Austrian-Era Tollgates

March 20, 2021

The first tollgates (Polish: rogatka; German: Schranke) in Lviv (Lemberg / Lwów) appeared at the end of the eighteenth century when Galicia passed into the possession of the Habsburgs. Until then, customs duties were collected at the city gates that were set within the city walls. In 1777, the dismantling […]

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Lviv stairwell no. 3 with a mural resembling a vel Lviv stairwell no. 3 with a mural resembling a velarium - an awning used in ancient Rome to cover an amphitheater.
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Examples of guide rails remaining from manually op Examples of guide rails remaining from manually operated coal elevators. These artifacts date from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — a time when coal was widely used for domestic heating. At that time, coal would have been delivered to the courtyards of residential buildings, then hoisted up to each floor on an elevator — a much more efficient and cleaner way to deliver coal to households than carrying the heavy load up the stairs and dirtying the inside of the building.
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The old linden tree in Kryva Lypa (Crooked Linden) The old linden tree in Kryva Lypa (Crooked Linden) Passage. The passage was built in 1893-1895 by Efraim Hausmann, the owner of the nearby Grand Hotel.
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Lviv stairwell no. 2 with a mural resembling a vel Lviv stairwell no. 2 with a mural resembling a velarium - an awning used in ancient Rome to cover an amphitheater.
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