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Medieval Signage in Lviv

Areta — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:31:03 +0000

Medieval ads and signs have survived in and around Lviv’s Rynok Square. These are metal signs or stone carvings located above entrance ways. The emblems marked the locations of guilds, workshops, stores, taverns, etc. Signage during this era used symbols since the general populace was illiterate. Entrances to taverns were […]

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Kurkowe Confraternity: Lviv’s Riflemen Society

Areta — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:01:47 +0000

The Kurkowe Confraternity (later the Riflemen Society) arose out of the need to defend Lviv: in wartime it engaged in the defense of the city, while in times of peace it ensured citizens were trained in shooting. In later centuries, it became an elite club, its members being the city’s most […]

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Remnants of Lviv’s Medieval Fortifications

Areta — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:21:57 +0000

When the Austrian Empire acquired Lviv in 1772, the city’s fortification walls and moats were in a particularly poor state. Five years later, the new rulers began to pull down the fortifications as part of their urban planning strategy, which, among other aims, sought to unite the historic center and […]

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Prague’s House Signs

Areta — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:57:37 +0000

Before Empress Maria Theresa introduced identifying numbers to Prague in 1770, houses were known and located by allegorical symbols. Many of them originally had alchemical significance. The Two Suns The Golden Key Castle goldsmiths lived in this house in the 17th century They paid fees to the city and thus […]

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EuroMaidan’s Hrushevskoho Street: A Medieval Battlelfield in Modern Kyiv

Areta — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:22:10 +0000

“When your government goes medieval on you, it’s time to get medieval back.” This post is about the medieval tactics, armour, and weaponry that were used during Ukraine’s recent revolution. For nearly 3 months Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan) was the revolution’s main battlefield, where the antigovernment protesters fought back the […]

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Chain for Quarrelsome Women

Areta — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:39:54 +0000

In Lviv’s Passage Andreolli, which leads from 28 Rynok Square (built 1760s-1770s) to Teatralna Street, is a chain (handcuff or fetter) that once was in front of the City Hall. Women were chained to it by the arm or leg so that they would think about their behavior.

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Neck Ring in Tallinn

Areta — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:07:31 +0000

This neck ring is attached to a pillar of the Town Hall in Tallinn. It was used to punish people for small crimes.

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