architecture Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/architecture/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:25:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png architecture Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/architecture/ 32 32 Decorative Hangers in Lviv’s Courtyards https://forgottengalicia.com/decorative-hangers-in-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/decorative-hangers-in-lviv/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:45:43 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=75 These intriguing metal fixtures are a common sight in many of Lviv’s courtyards. They are decorative hangers integrated into the ironwork of the galleries’ banisters. Historically, they served for drying, brushing, and airing out coats. Another theory suggests they may have been used for hanging plants or flowers. Similar hangers […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/decorative-hangers-in-lviv/feed/ 2 ‘Obuwie Wycierać’: A Reminder to Keep Kraków’s Entryways Clean https://forgottengalicia.com/obuwie-wycierac-a-reminder-to-keep-krakows-entryways-clean/ https://forgottengalicia.com/obuwie-wycierac-a-reminder-to-keep-krakows-entryways-clean/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 07:21:35 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50062 In several of Kraków’s pre-WWII buildings, one can find inscriptions near the entrance asking those entering to “wipe your shoes” (“Uprasza się obuwie wycierać”). Maintaining a clean building would have been more difficult in those times as fewer streets were paved, making it muddier than today. There would have also […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/obuwie-wycierac-a-reminder-to-keep-krakows-entryways-clean/feed/ 0 Searching for Sunflowers in the Architecture of Lviv and Kraków https://forgottengalicia.com/searching-for-sunflowers-in-the-architecture-of-lviv-and-krakow/ https://forgottengalicia.com/searching-for-sunflowers-in-the-architecture-of-lviv-and-krakow/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:44:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50320 In the first couple months of the full-scale war (after being displaced from Lviv and living in Poland), searching for sunflowers in the architectural detail of Kraków became a way to soothe my soul, to find solidarity with Ukraine during those highly uncertain and volatile times. Each time I would […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/searching-for-sunflowers-in-the-architecture-of-lviv-and-krakow/feed/ 0 Wartime Lviv in Photos: A Look at the Measures to Protect Citizens and Architectural Heritage https://forgottengalicia.com/wartime-lviv-in-photos-a-look-at-the-measures-to-protect-citizens-and-architectural-heritage/ https://forgottengalicia.com/wartime-lviv-in-photos-a-look-at-the-measures-to-protect-citizens-and-architectural-heritage/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:24:37 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50249 Today marks one year since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. One year since I packed a backpack and left for the Polish border, not knowing when or if I would ever return to my home in Lviv. So much can be said about the last year, the […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/wartime-lviv-in-photos-a-look-at-the-measures-to-protect-citizens-and-architectural-heritage/feed/ 0 Finding Solidarity with Ukraine: 12 Ways Kraków and Lviv Are Connected via Their Historical Built Environment https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/ https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/#comments Sun, 29 May 2022 16:56:24 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49757 Kraków has become my temporary wartime home. When Russia began it full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, I made the difficult decision to leave my home in Lviv and depart for Poland. I didn’t know how long I would be gone or where I would end up; but […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/feed/ 1 Architectural Styles of Galician Railway Station Buildings (1856-1914) https://forgottengalicia.com/architectural-styles-of-galician-railway-station-buildings-1856-1914/ https://forgottengalicia.com/architectural-styles-of-galician-railway-station-buildings-1856-1914/#respond Sat, 06 Nov 2021 15:34:17 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=48930 A look at some of the different architectural styles used for passenger railway station buildings across Galicia, from the time of the first railway line (1856-1861) to World War I (1914). 1856-1861: The First Galician Railway | Gothic Revival Lviv’s very first railway station was constructed in 1861 for the […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/architectural-styles-of-galician-railway-station-buildings-1856-1914/feed/ 0 Supporting the Beauty of Facades: Lviv’s Blind Balustrades https://forgottengalicia.com/supporting-the-beauty-of-facades-lvivs-blind-balustrades/ https://forgottengalicia.com/supporting-the-beauty-of-facades-lvivs-blind-balustrades/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:51:24 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=7275 The blind balustrade, like the blind window, is an element of architecture that has an aesthetic rather than utilitarian function. Instead of forming the protective edge of a balcony or of a change of level, blind balustrades are applied to the wall surface to add ornamentation to the façade or […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/supporting-the-beauty-of-facades-lvivs-blind-balustrades/feed/ 0 Bracia Mund: How Three Brothers Brought Beauty to Lviv’s Vestibules https://forgottengalicia.com/bracia-mund-how-three-brothers-brought-beauty-to-lvivs-vestibules/ https://forgottengalicia.com/bracia-mund-how-three-brothers-brought-beauty-to-lvivs-vestibules/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2020 10:53:46 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=8504 One of the most successful businesses in Galicia was Bracia Mund, which was founded in 1898 in Lwów (Lviv). It was co-owned by three brothers Maurycy Mund (1869-~1943), Jakób Mund (1872-~1943), and Ignacy Mund (?-~1943). The company started off with a storefront at 23 Sykstuska Street (now Doroshenka), selling architectural […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/bracia-mund-how-three-brothers-brought-beauty-to-lvivs-vestibules/feed/ 2 The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lviv: Architecture, Art, Innovation https://forgottengalicia.com/the-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-in-lviv-architecture-art-innovation/ https://forgottengalicia.com/the-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-in-lviv-architecture-art-innovation/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:21:09 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=9562 From Lokalna Istoriya – written by Tetiana Kazantseva with photographs by Yuliya Korytska-Holub, original in Ukrainian Today Shevchenko Avenue in Lviv is very impressive with its luxurious residential and public buildings and cobblestone road along which runs a green promenade. Back in the eighteenth century, this is where the Poltva […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/the-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-in-lviv-architecture-art-innovation/feed/ 0 Housing Developments in Interwar Lviv: Własna Strzecha https://forgottengalicia.com/housing-developments-in-interwar-lviv-wlasna-strzecha/ https://forgottengalicia.com/housing-developments-in-interwar-lviv-wlasna-strzecha/#respond Sat, 23 May 2020 11:05:01 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=8253 Location: 1-39 Panasa Myrnoho St. (formerly ul. Własna Strzecha)Built for: City officials and civil servantsYears of construction: 1928-1932Architects: Władysław Klimczak, Maksymilian Koczur, and M. KolbuszewskiStyle: Villas in Polish Manor style (styl dworkowy) After overcoming World War I and the financial crisis, housing developments (often called “colonies”) started to be built […]

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