All About L’viv

Today’s building of L’viv State University was erected as Seim (Parliament) of Galicia and Lodomeria. The standing statue on the top symbolizes Austria, and the two sitting statues at either side symbolize the two main rivers of old Galicia - Dnister and Visla.

The building of L’viv State University was erected in the middle of the last century as Seim (Parliament) of Galicia and Lodomeria. Lemberg (the Austrian name for Lviv) was the capital of that province.  The full official name of the new Austrian province was: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator.

After the incorporation of the Free City of Kraków in 1846, it was extended to: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the Grand Duchy of Krakau with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator.

Tags: Galicia and Lodomeria, Galician Seim, Lemberg, Statue of Austria

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