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Eastern Galician Conservators Circle
The Eastern Galician Conservators Circle was a monument protection organization that was engaged in the protection, preservation, and restoration of monuments in Eastern Galicia. It existed in Lviv from 1889 to 1923. History In 1848, the Zbruch Idol was discovered in the Zbruch, Zbruch River near Husiatyn, and on the initiative of the future conservative of the Eastern Galician Conservators Circle, Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki, it was transferred to the Kraków Scientific Society.''Саламаха І''Охорона пам'яток історії та культури Східної Галичини у другій половині XІX-на початку XX ст: організаційні засади, законодавство, фінансування — Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка. — 2015. — 202 s. In 1850, the Federal Monuments Office, Central Commission for the Study and Preserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz, and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
