Historic center of Lviv

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Historic center of Lviv
UNESCO world heritage UNESCO World Heritage Emblem

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National territory: UkraineUkraine Ukraine
Type: Culture
Criteria : (ii, v)
Surface: 120 ha
Buffer zone: 2441 ha
Reference No .: 865bis
UNESCO region : Europe and North America
History of enrollment
Enrollment: 1998  (session 22)
Extension: 2008
The Galician Square, part of the ring around the old town
Town square

The historic center of Lviv ( Ukrainian Істори́чний центр Льво́ва), the core of the seventh largest city in Ukraine , was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998. Lviv (Львів, Polish Lwów , German  Lemberg ) has been a center of the region for centuries. The city is considered an outstanding example of the merging of the architectural and artistic traditions of Eastern and Western Europe with those of Italy . It is a testimony to the coexistence of a number of ethnic groups with different cultural and religious traditions, from Poles , Ukrainians , Jews , Germans and among other Armenians .

history

Daniel Romanowitsch , Prince of Galicia-Volhynia built a castle for his son Lev in 1256. Soon after the princes died out, the region came to Poland in 1349 . King Casimir the Great was Lwów 1356 the Magdeburg rights . John II Casimir founded the University of Lwów in 1661 . After the first partition of Poland , Lviv was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria from 1772 to 1918 and the fourth largest city of the Habsburg monarchy . During the Second Polish Republic , Lwów became the capital of the Lwów Voivodeship . From 1939 to 1941 and since 1944 the city belonged to the Soviet territory . Since 1991 the city of Lviv has been part of independent Ukraine.

Monument protection

The two areas that have been designated as World Heritage, are by 2,441 hectares large buffer zone protected. It is part of a 3000 hectare area that was designated as a national historical and architectural reserve on June 12, 1975 by resolution NQ 297 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The Ukrainian Law “For the Protection of Cultural Heritage” was passed in 2000. The State's Council of Ministers has identified 209 historical monuments of national importance in the core zone of the World Heritage. A number of other structures have been classified as monuments of local importance by decision of the regional administration.>

Architectural monuments and ensembles (selection)

Potocki Palace, Lviv

Sacred buildings:

Web links

Commons : Lviv Historical Center  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b whc.unesco.org: L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center. (English, accessed July 25, 2020)
  2. Linked map Boundaries of the Historic Area.

Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 29.9 ″  N , 24 ° 1 ′ 55.1 ″  E