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Postcard with a view of the city center

Part of the collection: History of the city and the region

Popularization note

The postcard from 1908, published by the main tobacco shop, shows a fragment of the Łańcut Market Square, namely a view of its south-eastern frontage. The picture was taken from the tower of the parish church, erected during the comprehensive overhaul in 1896-1900 and designed by Lviv-based architect Dionizy Krzyczkowski. Among the buildings visible in the picture, one can see some of the most prominent ones – in the foreground to the left, a large building of the school of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo, built by Stanisław Cetnarski’s company in 1897. The extension of the eastern arcade of the Market Square houses the Clerks' Casino (labelled in handwriting) funded by the Potocki family in 1894 as the seat of the Casino Society. Next to it, to the right, behind the line of Market Square buildings to the south, there is the post office building erected in 1900. To the right, one can see the townhouse of Konstanty Danielewicz with a hotel and restaurant, believed to be one of the most prestigious venues in the city – with a handwritten label saying tu mieszkam, or I live here. Within the Market Square itself, which still had the form of an empty representative square at the time, a fragment of the Town Hall is visible. This building, whose history dates back to the Middle Ages, stood in the heart of Łańcut until World War I, when the City Council decided to pull it down. Joanna Kluz

Information about the object

Information about this object

Author / creator

"The main tobacco shop"

Dimensions

height: 8.7 cm, width: 13.8 cm

Object type

History of the city and the region

Technique

flat print

Material

cardboard

Creation time / dating

20th century

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Poland (Europe)

Owner

Castle Museum in Łańcut

Identification number

MZŁ-DRM-2050

Location / status

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