Palace of Counts of Potocki

Lviv, st. Copernicus, 15

Sights of Lviv The Palace of Count Potocki is a pearl of Lviv architecture. Architects Ludwig de Verney and Julian Cibulsky, working in the style of French classicism, did not stint on the rich furnishings of the premises: here literally at every step you can find gilding, marble and stucco molding. This three-story building with an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters. m was built to receive important guests from different countries.

Church of John the Baptist

Lviv, pl. Old Market, 3

Sights of Lviv The Church of St. John the Baptist is on the Old Market Square. It was built in the 13th century and was located at the intersection of trade routes. The church was able to survive after a violent fire, but it took time to restore it. It acquired its present appearance in the late 19th century and has since been permanently open to visitors.

Lviv City Arsenal

Lviv, st. Podvalnaya, 5

Sights of Lviv Lviv, like any city of the Middle Ages, often had to defend their territories. Today the city's arsenal, which served to strengthen the borders, reminds of those times. Near the arsenal worked workshops on the ebb of guns, there was a prison, and in one of the rooms lived a city executioner.

National Museum named after Andrey Sheptytsky

Lviv, Svobody Ave., 20

Sights of Lviv This museum, founded in the early 20th century as a church, became one of the symbols of the development of Ukrainian culture. The founder, the Greek Catholic metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, donated more than 10,000 items to the museum and kept it at his own expense.

Armenian Cathedral of Lviv

Lviv, st. Armenian, 7-13

Sights of Lviv The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the main shrines of Lviv, a page of its history. Armenians settled in the city in the 14th century, gradually settling in new areas. The building was constantly being completed and reconstructed. Its details combine the Old Russian, Gothic and Armenian styles.

The Archbishop's Cathedral of St. Jura

Lviv, pl. St. Jura, 5

Sights of Lviv The Cathedral of St. George is at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level and as if hovering over the city. This Greek-Catholic cathedral is one of the most beautiful examples of Lviv architecture. The building is built in rococo style and decorated with numerous balustrades, capitals and sculptures. In the underground of the cathedral are buried the tombs of famous clergymen.

Bernardine Monastery in Lviv

Lviv, pl. Sobornaya, 3А

Sights of Lviv The Bernardine Monastery is one of the most important monuments of history and architecture of the city of Lviv. The buildings of the monastery belong today to the Lviv State Historical Archives, and the church itself to the Greek Catholic Church.

Dominican cathedral and monastery

Lviv, pl. Museum, 1

Sights of Lviv The cathedral with a beautiful name - Dominican - towers over the city and proudly declares itself a majestic inscription on the pediment: "To the One God, honor and glory." The building is designed in the Baroque style. His altar is decorated with tall wooden statues of the apostles. In the days of the Soviet Union, a museum of religion and atheism worked in the cathedral. Now the Temple of the Holy Eucharist operates here. The Dominican cathedral makes a strong impression at night, when the illumination gives a three-dimensional image of its domes and facades.

Church of Saints Peter and Paul of the Jesuit Order

Lviv, st. Theatrical, 11

Sights of Lviv Catholic church of the Jesuits - the majestic building of the 17th century is the first monument of the Baroque architecture of Lviv. Before the erection of this church in the city, the baroque was not welcomed. The building is noteworthy for its dungeons, where tourists like to descend in the hope of meeting with hauntings or some historical riddles.

Lychakiv Cemetery

Lviv, st. Mechnikova, d. 33

Sights of Lviv This place is difficult to call a classic museum. However, for the history and culture of the cemetery is of great value. Founded at the end of the XVIII century Lychakivsky - one of the most majestic necropolises of Europe.

The Pharmacy Museum in Lviv

Lviv, st. Drukarskaya, 2

Sights of Lviv This museum was opened in Lviv in the 60s of the last century on the basis of an old pharmacy. By the way, it still works. The exposition is located in 16 halls, where more than 3 thousand exhibits are collected.

Museum of Magnets in Lviv

Lviv, st. Serbskaya, d. 9

Sights of Lviv Bring a magnet from the trip to the refrigerator - a sacred cause! In Lviv, a whole museum is dedicated to these souvenirs. Here are collected magnets, which are brought almost from all over the world.

Arsenal Weapons Museum

Lviv, st. Podvalnaya, 5

Sights of Lviv The city's arsenal in Lviv was built to defend the city in the 16th century. Made of stone, it adjoined the fortress, a two-story building was crowned by an octagonal tower.

Museum of beer in Lviv

Lviv, st. Kleparovskaya, 18

Sights of Lviv The first museum of brewing that opened in Ukraine was opened in 2005 in honor of the anniversary of the founding of the Lviv Brewery, which was known throughout the country. It was a joke, they talked about Lviv beer in the 16th century.

Museum of post office in Lviv

Lviv, pl. Market, 2

Sights of Lviv In this museum you can trace the actual development of all mail in Eastern Europe. The fact is that in Lviv such a service appeared one of the first. Some exhibits - more than four centuries.

High Castle Park

Lviv, on the slopes of Zamkova (Knyazhi) mountains

Sights of Lviv From the tops of the park High Castle a beautiful panorama opens up to Lviv - an ancient city with majestic architecture. Previously, there really was a castle for the defense and imprisonment of criminals, but now only ruins remained from it. On the lower terrace of the park is a cozy chestnut alley.

Stryi Park

Lviv, between the street. Ivan Franco, Stryjsky, Ulas Samchuk and Kozelnitskaya

Sights of Lviv Stryi Park is one of the largest and most popular in Lviv. It consists of three parts, including a forest park, and near the central entrance there is a lake with beautiful white swans. Here grow 200 species of plants, there is a greenhouse, a rock garden, a plane tree and a linden alley.

Prison at Lontsky

Lviv, st. Stepan Bandery, d. 1

Sights of Lviv In this building in the beginning of the 20th century the 4th department of the Main Commandant's Office was located, which fought with opponents of the existing state system. Here, too, were political prisoners, for example, Communists, who were not welcomed in those years in Ukraine.

Lviv is rightly called "eastern Paris". Here, as in the French capital, the cultures of the West and the East have intertwined, which is reflected in many sights, monuments of architecture, museums. Even Lviv is called the "western capital" of Ukraine: it is definitely worth a stroll in the old part of the city, although it takes a lot of effort and time to inspect at least the main and most popular attractions.

First of all, in Lviv, travelers are attracted by European narrow streets and beautiful architecture, incorporating the traditions of different backgammon and styles. There is something medieval here, although there are a lot of modern buildings, and different centuries left a significant mark in the city's buildings: Gothic and Baroque, Renaissance and Romanesque, Rococo and Empire, modern eclecticism and constructivism mixed in its streets.

First of all, in Lviv, travelers are attracted by European narrow streets and beautiful architecture, incorporating the traditions of different backgammon and styles.

Great influence on the religion, culture and architecture of Lviv was provided by Austria-Hungary and Poland. The emigrants of both powers, magnates and patrons of the 16-17th centuries. invited talented artists from all over Europe who together created a real pearl of architecture. An amazing color is given to the city by the fact that in the territory of Lviv there were peacefully coexisted three church metropolises: Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Armenian, which affected the religious buildings of the city.

Lviv has always been rich in events, and its residents carefully store stories about how the city became one of the largest centers of Ukraine. Visitors are waiting for more than 30 museums, ready to tell a lot about the history of the city, the interests and occupations of its residents at different times. However, the sights of Lviv - this is in itself an open-air museum, accessible to everyone. No wonder many of the sights of the city are listed in a special list of UNESCO.