Sapieha Palace (Lviv)
The Sapieha Palace in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lemberg) is a palatial two-story mansion on Ulica Kopernika No. 40a.
It was built in 1867 by architect Adolph Kuhn for Prince Leon Sapieha from the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic Sapieha family, a pioneer of railroad construction in Galicia and, after his return from emigration in Paris, was elected Sejm Marshal of the Crown Land of Galicia and Lodomeria in 1861. Later his son Adam Sapieha was also the house owner. Next to the neo-baroque building there is a large wrought-iron gate on the street side.
After the Soviet Union invaded Poland in September 1939, the palace was taken over by the Soviet state and converted into a school. The building was restored in the 1990s. It currently houses a regional society for the preservation of historical and architectural heritage.
See also
literature
- Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР. Kiev: Будивельник, 1983–1986. Vol. 3, p. 14.
Web links
- Ania Klijanienko: “Lviv - The cultural center of Western Ukraine”, p. 151
- "Former Leon Sapieha Palace"
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 10 ″ N , 24 ° 1 ′ 19 ″ E