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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

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

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Supporting the Beauty of Facades: Lviv’s Blind Balustrades

October 31, 2020

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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Lederer & Popper photomontage postcards featuring Lederer & Popper photomontage postcards featuring Lviv (Lwów) and Kraków:
At first glance, it may seem as if the girl with the hula-hoop and the woman with binoculars did a lot of traveling - for we see them hanging out in both Lviv and Kraków. But after a closer look, one can see that they are in fact cutouts and have been pasted onto views of the two cities.
According to Spiegel, at that time: “Postcards were produced cheaply and in mass. Since a good motif could be easily modified, allowing for even more sales, one finds the same accessories in the postcards. Publishers such as Lederer & Popper collaborated with photographers and stationery shops, which sent them photographs of their cities. Cutouts were added to the original photos, the desired number of copies was printed, and then they were sent back to the local business partners who then sold them.”
Tiles sourced by L. & G. Kaden, a company founded Tiles sourced by L. & G. Kaden, a company founded in the 1880s in Kraków. In 1912 they opened a branch in Lviv (Lwów).
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Looking up in a courtyard #courtyard #courtyards # Looking up in a courtyard
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One of the most beautiful and unique stairways in One of the most beautiful and unique stairways in Lviv 😍
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Inside the office of the Territory of Terror Museu Inside the office of the Territory of Terror Museum, located on the first floor of an early 20th-century residential building. In the interwar period, the Tikvat Zion (Hope of Zion) Jewish society and synagogue operated here. In 2019, during renovation work, old murals were discovered on the walls, including the original Secession style paintings as well as the paintings from the synagogue. 
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