Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The buildings are typical of those raised by empires - solid, expansive, grounded and expensive to build, to show continuity, wealth and trust (not unlike typical bank head offices even today). A lot of churches, too - so my guess is that the empire's power was enforced with the active help of the church. Fascinating. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 1:46?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Przemy?l is a town of about 60,000 people, located in the extreme > south-east of Poland, just 10 km from the Ukraine border. During the 123 > years when Poland did not exist as a country, it was part of the > Austria-Hungarian empire, and the ties to the countries to the south and > east?Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary?are still quite strong. I spent a day there > during our recent trip to Rzesz?w, the main city in that part of Poland, > about 90 km away. > > Despite its modest size, Przemy?l has many impressive buildings, not least > the many churches that reflect the area?s mix of Catholic and Orthodox > faiths. It is a really pleasant town, and the war on the other side of the > border seems very far away (it has to be said that there has not been much > war in the parts of Ukraine bordering Poland). > > I have uploaded a small gallery of 41 images from my walk in Przemy?l here: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Przemysl-Aug-2024 > > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information