General Regional Exhibition in Lviv, 1894 - frames and figures
On June 5, 1894, over an area of about 50 hectares, located on the upper terrace of the picturesque Stryi Park, the General Regional Exhibition, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the uprising of Tadeush Kostyushko, began its work - the very best attraction in the history of Galicia.
According to calculations, in order to fully explore the exhibition area, sections and departments, palaces, pavilions, cafes and pastry shops, etc., it was necessary to allow a week.
The total amount of funds for the organization of the Universal Regional Exhibition of 1894 was about 600,000 zlotys.
The exhibitions are planned, built and equipped by the best specialists of 130 pavilions, according to the specialization, the exhibition was divided into 33 sections.
The agrarian-industrial exhibition of 1877 in Lviv is the forerunner of the heyday of Galicia
Apparently, there is today, no Lviv citizen who would not have heard of the grand General Regional Exhibition in Lviv in 1894, which took place on the upper terraces of Stryisky Park, and marked the arrival of Galicia in a new, industrial 20th century. However, the tradition of having exhibitions of achievements in the region, has a more ancient history. Even with a smaller scale, however, with a brilliant exposition and general organization, in 1877 Lviv hosted the first Regional Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition.
Regional exhibition in Stryisky Park
Between June 5 and October 15 1894, at the hundredth anniversary of the Kosciuszko uprising, a General Regional Exhibition was held in Stryisky Park - unsurpassed in scale and to our time. It became for Galicia an event of the same importance as the World Exhibitions in Paris and Chicago at the end of the nineteenth century. The Lviv exhibition in 1894 enjoyed tremendous popularity: it was visited by 1 150 thousand people (ten times the number of Lviv's then-inhabitants). Before the entrance to the exhibition (from the side of U. Samchuk Street, now Ivan Franko Street) an electric tram was launched - one of the first in Europe. The attention of the visitors was also attracted by the line of the funicular and, in particular, the electric colored fountain - an innovative work of engineering and artistic thought (allegorical sculptures were performed by Leonard Marconi).
