signage Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/signage/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:22:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png signage Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/signage/ 32 32 Prewar Glass Inscriptions in Lviv https://forgottengalicia.com/prewar-glass-signage-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/prewar-glass-signage-lviv/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:49:14 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1382 Around Lviv etched window inscriptions that date from before the war can still be found, though not many — glass is the most fragile of all remnants of the past. Most of these are old street names and building numbers, conscription numbers, and other informative messages that helped people orient […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/prewar-glass-signage-lviv/feed/ 0 Medieval Signage in Lviv https://forgottengalicia.com/medieval-signage-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/medieval-signage-lviv/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:31:03 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=373 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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