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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

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

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Five Fun Facts about the Galician General Regional Exhibition of 1894

July 27, 2019

The biggest fair in the history of Lviv (Lwów), the General Regional Exhibition (Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa) drew nearly 1,150,000 visitors over a four-month period. The most distinguished guest was Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I himself. The exhibition was a platform to demonstrate Lviv’s and Galicia’s economic and cultural progress, and […]

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May 21, 2018

Tramway Rosettes and Numbers in Lviv

Antique tramway rosettes remain on many of Lviv’s historic buildings. These elements of infrastructure were attached to the facades of buildings to hold cross-street wires in place, which in turn supported the naked live wire which supplied power to the trams.Lviv’s first electric tram began running in 1894. Throughout the next […]

May 11, 2018

Lychakiv Station: Lviv’s Forgotten Train Station

Tucked away in an old neighborhood on the east side of Lviv is the site of a former Austrian-era train station — the Lychakiv Station. Lychakiv Station, built in 1906, was Lviv’s third — after the Main Railway Station and the Pidzamche Station north of the city. The station was […]

July 11, 2015

Ukraine’s Soviet Mosaic Bus Stops

A couple of years ago my friend and I had the idea of documenting Ukraine’s Soviet-era bus stops, which remain in many villages across the country. The majority are decorated with mosaics and many have a distinct Soviet style of Socialist realism or Soviet pop art, but others styles include Cubo-Futurism, […]

June 26, 2013

Tramway Rosettes in Glasgow

When I was Glasgow, I noticed on several buildings in the city center the same tram rosettes that are in Lviv. Thus I immediately knew that Glasgow once had a tram system. Glasgow’s electric tram route began in 1898. In 1962 the city abandoned its tramway system — the last city in […]

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Tiles by Buchsbaum & Kindler Lwów. Michal Buchsba Tiles by Buchsbaum & Kindler Lwów. Michal Buchsbaum (Buksbaum) and Józef Kindler established their company in 1911, specializing in the sale and installation of concrete and asphalt products. With multiple locations across the city, their business offered a wide range of products, including pipes of various diameters, hydraulically pressed floor tiles, porcelain bathroom coverings, fireclay firebricks, gypsum, cement, lime, clay, and cement roofing materials, as well as asphalt. Additionally, they provided services such as waterproofing for foundations and wet rooms, sewage system installation, and general construction work.
#tilelove #tilelovers #tilefloor #tiles #tileaddiction #oldtilefloor #oldtiles #vintagetile #antiquetiles #decorativetiles #archidetails #archilovers #architecture_hunter #manufacturersmark #makersmark #lookdown #lwów #lviv #lemberg #galicia #galicja #ukraine
Dragon House at 50 Ivana Franka Street. Built 1910 Dragon House at 50 Ivana Franka Street. Built 1910-12, architect Aleksander Wartersiewicz-Słoniewski, in Rational Secession style with Gothic elements and two reliefs of dragons by Ivan Severa. 
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1924 building + Soviet car #architecturalheritage 1924 building + Soviet car
#architecturalheritage #archidetails #architecture_hunter #archilovers #architecturelovers #oldcars #sovietcar #sovietcars #vintagecar #architecturaldetail #architecture #lviv #lwów #львів #ukraine
My favorite house in Vlasna Strikha (Własna Strze My favorite house in Vlasna Strikha (Własna Strzecha) -- a housing development built for city officials and civil servants in 1928-1932. The project was inspired by Ebenezer Howard's "garden city" concept. Architect Władysław Klimczak together with Maksymilian Koczur and M. Kolbuszewski designed 24 private homes in Polish Manor style (styl dworkowy) featuring volutes, porticos, and two-level hipped roofs. Today, many of the houses have undergone renovations and have lost their authentic look. This particular one, nestled behind the lush foliage, remains well-preserved. 
#villas #villadistrict #gardencity #oldbuilding #oldhouselove #oldhouse #oldhouses #houseportrait #housingdevelopment #lwów #interwararchitecture #interwarpoland #lviv #ukraine #architecturalheritage #archidetails #architecturelovers #archilovers
I used to think the inscription "Lwoska" (adjectiv I used to think the inscription "Lwoska" (adjective from the Polish Lwów) on this series of old storm drains was an example of a misspelling of the word "Lwowska." But after learning that "Krakoska" was used in the Polish local regional dialect, I also learned the same was true for Lviv. 
#inscriptions #inscription #stormdrain #oldinscriptions #oldinscription #lwoska #lwów #lviv #ukraine
Exquisite Secession (Art Nouveau) painted ceilings Exquisite Secession (Art Nouveau) painted ceilings. Residential building on Kotsiubynskoho Street. 
#artnouveaustyle #artnouveau #artnouveauarchitecture #secessionarchitecture #secessionstyle #secesja #secession #paintedceiling #murals #fresco #frescos #architecturalheritage #architecture_hunter #archidetails #architecturalornamentation #architectural_ornamentation #architecturaldetail #architecturelovers #lviv #lwów #lemberg #galicia #galicja #ukraine
The chestnut house on Kotsiubynskoho Street, built The chestnut house on Kotsiubynskoho Street, built 1906. The beautiful Secession facade also bears reminders of the war, notably the taped windows on the third floor - precautionary measures taken to prevent glass from flying in the event of a bomb blast. 
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Galician Ukrainian Diaspora Language, Part II: Str Galician Ukrainian Diaspora Language, Part II: Stress
When I moved to Ukraine, I had to learn not only a new vocabulary, as many of the words I grew up speaking in the diaspora were dialectisms, Polonisms, or archaisms, but also adjust the pronunciation of certain words. The stress placement in Galician Ukrainian differs from that of standard Ukrainian spoken in Ukraine today. In some cases, the stress patterns in Galician are closer to Polish than to modern Ukrainian.
It's important to note that the stress patterns of Ukrainian words underwent changes during the period of Russification initiated by the 1933 Orthography. However, I am unsure which words precisely had their stress altered as part of Russification and which are specific to the Galician dialect.
Here are examples of words with different stress patterns between Galician and standard Ukrainian. 
Btw, today it's more common to hear this way of pronouncing words in the diaspora, where the Galician dialect has been better preserved than in Galicia itself.
#languages #language #dialect
#dialects #galiciandialect #galicia
#галичина #галицькийдіалект #ukraine
Inside the main hall of the Ivan Franko National U Inside the main hall of the Ivan Franko National University's Scientific Library (constructed in 1901-1904). Authentic book shelves and murals by Julian Makarevych have been preserved. Drahomanova Street.
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