The Corpus Christi feast, the Rifle Association and the "rifleman king" election
The Corpus Christi feast, celebrated on the 60th day after Easter, was the most significant annual Roman Catholic celebration in Lviv. It had a distinctly national character and was interpreted as "Polish."
The Emperor Is Coming 1851
The inspection tour of 1851 was supposed to introduce the new emperor to his subjects.
The Emperor Is Coming 1855
The emperor's visit to Lviv on June 22-24 (on his way through Galicia to Bukovyna) was particularly military in nature.
The Emperor Is Coming 1880
These visits to Lviv by the Emperor were neither the first nor the last. But they were probably the warmest and most comfortable.
The Emperor Is Coming 1894
In 1894, Emperor Franz Joseph visited the Regional Exhibition in Lviv, which was held under his patronage.
The Emperor Is Coming 1903
The emperor's stay in Lviv was short - only 4 hours. The emperor was checking on military maneuvers in the Komarno area, and came to Lviv rather for a short visit.
The Emperor Is Coming!
During his nearly 70-year reign (from 1848 to 1916), Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria visited Lviv five times, and each of these visits was different from the last.
The enthronements of Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic archbishops
Lviv was the center of three metropolitanates: Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and Armenian Catholic. In the late 19th century, two of them became distinctly "national", which was also reflected in the ceremonial enthronement of hierarchs.
The first provincial rally of the Ukrainian Sokil in Lviv (1911)
On 9-10 September 1911, the Ukrainian Sokil, similarly to regular Polish rallies, held its first rally in Lviv, timed to the 50th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's death.
