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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

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

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Five Fun Facts about the Galician General Regional Exhibition of 1894

July 27, 2019

The biggest fair in the history of Lviv (Lwów), the General Regional Exhibition (Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa) drew nearly 1,150,000 visitors over a four-month period. The most distinguished guest was Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I himself. The exhibition was a platform to demonstrate Lviv’s and Galicia’s economic and cultural progress, and […]

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May 21, 2018

Tramway Rosettes and Numbers in Lviv

Antique tramway rosettes remain on many of Lviv’s historic buildings. These elements of infrastructure were attached to the facades of buildings to hold cross-street wires in place, which in turn supported the naked live wire which supplied power to the trams.Lviv’s first electric tram began running in 1894. Throughout the next […]

May 11, 2018

Lychakiv Station: Lviv’s Forgotten Train Station

Tucked away in an old neighborhood on the east side of Lviv is the site of a former Austrian-era train station — the Lychakiv Station. Lychakiv Station, built in 1906, was Lviv’s third — after the Main Railway Station and the Pidzamche Station north of the city. The station was […]

July 11, 2015

Ukraine’s Soviet Mosaic Bus Stops

A couple of years ago my friend and I had the idea of documenting Ukraine’s Soviet-era bus stops, which remain in many villages across the country. The majority are decorated with mosaics and many have a distinct Soviet style of Socialist realism or Soviet pop art, but others styles include Cubo-Futurism, […]

June 26, 2013

Tramway Rosettes in Glasgow

When I was Glasgow, I noticed on several buildings in the city center the same tram rosettes that are in Lviv. Thus I immediately knew that Glasgow once had a tram system. Glasgow’s electric tram route began in 1898. In 1962 the city abandoned its tramway system — the last city in […]

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Great corner buildings with domes #archidetails #a Great corner buildings with domes
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Examples of recessed portals in Modernist (Functio Examples of recessed portals in Modernist (Functionalist) buildings across Kraków. This type of portal was originally found in Romanesque and Gothic church portals, which have multiple set-back arches resting on a series of jambs. A much-simplified recessed portal, inspired by the original church portals, was used later in architectural styles such as Art Deco and Functionalism (many great examples can be found in both Kraków and Lviv).
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A beautiful old door with the signature of the cra A beautiful old door with the signature of the craftsman who created it - Wł Meresiński. Władysław Meresiński was also the owner of this building. This type of mark carved into the door by the carpenter, several examples of which can be found around Kraków, is not something I've seen in Lviv.
 #doordetail #doors #door #carvedwood #woodendoors #woodendoor #woodwork #ironwork #metalwork #artnouveau #artnouveaustyle #secession #secesja #inscription #typography #makersmark #krakow #kraków #galicja #galicia #archidetails #architecture_hunter #architektura #archihunter #architecturaldetail
The grave of my favorite Kraków architect Teodor The grave of my favorite Kraków architect Teodor Talowski – one of the most important Polish architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He has been described as the “Galician Gaudi” or the “Polish Gaudi” because he combined many architectural styles. His works include apartment buildings, churches, chapels, and public buildings in Kraków, Lviv, and other cities and towns throughout former Austrian Galicia. Teodor Talowski designed the tomb himself. 
#teodortalowski #cmentarzrakowicki
#rakowickicemetery #necropolis #cemeteries #cemetery #graves #oldgraves #tomb #tombs #krakow #kraków #galicja #galicia
Kraków’s main Rakowicki Cemetery is the final r Kraków’s main Rakowicki Cemetery is the final resting place for prominent Ukrainians as well as hundreds of the soldiers, and some leaders, of Ukraine’s wars for independence of a century ago (1917-21): Monument to Ukrainians (soldiers, officers, and civilians) who died in Dąbie internment camp - “They died to resurrect a free Ukraine”; Grave of Bohdan Lepkyi - a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist; Grave of Stepan Smal-Stotsky - a Ukrainian linguist and academician, Slavist, cultural and political figure, member of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, and ambassador of the West Ukrainian People's Republic in Prague; Grave of a Ukrainian Teodoziy Stashko.
#standwithukraine #nowarinukraine #cemetery #cemeteries #necropolis #graves #oldgraves #ukrainianhistory #ukrainianindependence #famousukrainians #rakowickicemetery #краків #krakow #kraków #galicia #galicja
Great building with details on Wrzesińska Street Great building with details on Wrzesińska Street
#artnouveau #archidetails #architecture_hunter #architecturehunter #artnouveaustyle #secession #secesja #neobaroque #railing #balustrade #tiles #addicted_to_details #tilefloor #floortiles #tilepattern #tilelove #oldtiles #oldbuildings #fresco #paintedceiling #staircases #stairwells #krakow #kraków #galicja #galicia
Faded ghost signs around town #ghostsign #ghostsig Faded ghost signs around town
#ghostsign #ghostsigns #handpaintedsigns #handpaintedsign #oldsigns #signage #oldbuildings #typography #fadedsign #fadedsigns #fadedsignage #krakow #kraków #galicia #galicja
The courtyard of Ohrenstein House, built 1911-1913 The courtyard of Ohrenstein House, built 1911-1913.
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Lovely ladies. Art Nouveau mascarons. #mascaron # Lovely ladies. Art Nouveau mascarons. 
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