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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

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

Author: Danylo Centore

‘Oy u luzi chervona kalyna’: Origins of the Sich Riflemen Song

July 27, 2022

By Danylo Centore “Oy u luzi chervona kalyna” (Ой у лузі червона калина) is one of the most well-known Ukrainian folk songs, and it has experienced renewed popularity due to the full-scale Russian invasion. The lyrics are over 100 years old, yet they can just as easily be applied to […]

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September 15, 2020

Why Does the Diaspora Write Their Дs So Strangely?

People in Ukraine are usually perplexed when they see Ukrainians from the diaspora write their Дs like this: However, in the American and Canadian diasporas, this is an extremely common way of handwriting the letter Д — that is, a triangle with a leg inside as opposed to a flat-top […]

Forgotten Galicia

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Forgotten Galicia
Today is World Art Nouveau Day. The variation of A Today is World Art Nouveau Day. The variation of Art Nouveau that appeared in the Austrian Empire was called the Vienna Secession, and it was this movement that most influenced the architecture in Lviv and Galicia. Lviv has countless examples of beautiful Secession architecture. Here are some of my favorite buildings and details.
#worldartnouveauday #artnouveaustyle #artnouveauarchitecture #artnouveau #secessionstyle #secessionarchitecture #secesja #secession #lviv #ukraine
Stairway details and shadows #archidetails #archit Stairway details and shadows
#archidetails #architecture_hunter #stairways #staircase #stairwells #staircases #stairway #stairwell #railings #banisters #banister #balustrade #balustrades #shadows #tilelove #oldtiles #architecturelovers #addictedtodetails #lviv #lwów #львів #galicia #galicja #ukraine
Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, renowned international law Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, renowned international lawyer and human rights activist, creator of the concept of "crimes against humanity," lived in this building from 1915-1919.
#oldbuilding #oldbuildings #archidetails
#architecturalheritage #architecture_hunter #architecturelovers #archilovers #addictedtodetails #addictedtotile #oldtiles #tilelove #herschlauterpacht #lviv #crimesagainsthumanity #lwów #lemberg #galizien #galicia #galicja #ukraine
Every year houses and doors around Lviv are decora Every year houses and doors around Lviv are decorated with branches for the Green Holidays (Pentecost), which has pre-Christian and Christian roots.
Here are a few examples from the Pidzamche neighborhood. I like witnessing in the 21st century how ancient Slavic seasonal traditions are manifested in an early 20th-century urban setting.
#olddoor #olddoors #archidetails #architecture_hunter #architecturalheritage #architecturelovers #archilovers #oldbuilding #oldbuildings #greenholidays #greenweek #slavictradition #addictedtodetails #lviv #lwów #львів #galicia #ukraine
Krajka, a Ukrainian folk ensemble from Przemyśl ( Krajka, a Ukrainian folk ensemble from Przemyśl (Peremyshl), having a jam session after a concert at the open-air folk museum in Lviv. Krajka recreates and reconstructs the musical tradition of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland. Their repertoire includes songs they have collected themselves as well as songs from the folk traditions gathered by ethnographer and folklorist Oskar Kolberg in the second half the 19th century.
Krajka (@krajka_ ), a Ukrainian folk ensemble from Krajka (@krajka_ ), a Ukrainian folk ensemble from Przemyśl (Peremyshl), having a jam session after a concert at the open-air folk museum in Lviv. Krajka recreates and reconstructs the musical tradition of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland, which was destroyed as a result of mass deportations of the population after World War II. Their repertoire includes songs they have collected themselves as well as songs from the material gathered in the late 19th century by ethnographer and folklorist Oskar Kolberg.
#skansen #openairmuseum #folkmusic #folkmuseum #folkmusician #folkarchitecture #woodenhouse #woodenhouses #vernaculararchitecture #folk #folktradition #ukrainianfolk #galicia #galicja #shevchenkivskyihai #lviv #львів #krajka #крайка #україна #ukraine #ukrainiantraditions
Krajka, a Ukrainian folk ensemble, performing at a Krajka, a Ukrainian folk ensemble, performing at a presentation of the Ukrainian translation of ethnographer Oskar Kohlberg's book Pokuttia, one of the regions from where he collected folk traditions at the end of the 19th century. Open-air museum in Lviv. June 2023
#folktradition #folkmusic #skansen #ukrainiantraditions #ukrainianfolk
Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing (1899) Otto Wagne Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing (1899)
Otto Wagner designed a pavilion with opulent Secession interior decoration for Emperor Franz Joseph and his innermost circle of family and courtiers at Hietzing station. That Franz Joseph actually used the pavilion only twice for a trip on the Stadtbahn was of secondary importance to Otto Wagner: His main concern was that the imperial splendour which the "supreme court" cast over the little building should bring a breakthrough for modern architecture.
https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/locations/otto-wagner-hofpavillon-hietzing
#ottowagner #secessionstyle #secessionarchitecture #secession #viennasecessionmovement #viennasecession #hofpavillon #hofpavillonhietzing #franzjoseph #metrostation #oldbuilding #architecturalheritage #architecturelovers #architectural_ornamentation #artnouveaustyle #artdecoarchitecture #vienna
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (1894–99) In April Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (1894–99) In April 1894, Otto Wagner was named artistic counselor for the new Stadtbahn, the new Vienna urban transport system. Wagner designed extraordinarily stylized stations and other structures which combined utility, simplicity and elegance, which also became the symbols of the Secession style. The most notable station is the Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station in the center of Vienna.
Otto Wagner (1841–1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer, and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. Many of his works are found in his native city of Vienna, and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. Secession architecture and especially Otto Wagner’s design influenced the architecture of Galicia at the turn of the century. 
#ottowagner #karlsplatz #karlsplatzstadtbahnstation #viennasecessionmovement #viennasecession #secessionstyle #secessionarchitecture #secesja #jugendstil #artnouveaustyle #artnouveauarchitecture #metrostation #oldbuilding #archidetails #architecturelovers #archilovers #architecture_hunter #vienna #wien #austria
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