Andrzej Bemer
Andrzej Bemer (german: Andreas Bemer; died ca. 1626) was a 17th-century sculptor and architect, active in Poland and in Silesia, probably of German or Czech ancestry. Born in Breslau, early in his career he moved to Lesser Poland. There he authored or co-authored numerous churches and chapels. Among them are the Bernardine Church, the Chapel of Boim family (attributed) and the town hall's tower, all located in Lwów (modern Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ..., Ukraine). References Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors Architects from Wrocław Architects from Lviv Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century deaths {{Poland-architect-stub ...
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Ratusz Lwowski Przed 1826
A ''Ratusz'' () (german: Rathaus; russian: Ратуша, ''Ratusha''; lt, Rotušė) is a historic administrative building in countries that adopted the Magdeburg rights such as the Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and others. It was distinguished with a bell tower (lookout or a clock tower). Unlike a regular city hall which may or may not have any specific architectural compositions, ratusz (rathaus) always consisted of a building with a tower. Ratusz was primarily designated as a city hall, traditionally built in the centre of a town or in the middle of a town square or more common market square (freedom of trade as the main goal of Magdeburg rights). Although the old ratusz can still maintain the function of a seat of local government, frequently it is separated from the contemporary city government, the administrative building housing the town council, and often serves as a museum of local history (for example in Ivano-Frankivsk and Tarnów among many o ...
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