Priestesses of Love: How Brothels Worked in Lviv in the 19th Century

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Lviv of the 19th century loved to pretend to be a polite city. Showcases, coffee shops, paving stones, gas lights, ladies in hats. But after a certain hour, the facade became thinner. And then the “priestesses of love” and a completely down-to-earth industry, which everyone knew about, but preferred to speak in a whisper, came into play. To understand why brothels here did not just exist, but worked almost like...