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As I wrote in the High Castle thread there is no trace of the Castle Hill( Zamkovaya Gora) in spite of the name of the park – The High Castle (Vysoky Zamok). High Castle was once the beginning of Lvov. There is a marvelous view of Lvov from the Castle. Highways run through Lvov in every [...] Castle Hill (Zamlwvaya Cora) dominates the town. The grounds of a beautiful park, laid out in 1835-1839, stretching over an area of 40 hectares cover the slopes and summit. There is no trace of the castle but the name of the park – The High Castle (Vysoky Zamok), has been retained to this [...] Devastated by countless wars and restored anew Lvov has remained a sparkling gem in the constellation of ancient Ukrainian towns, time has not blurred its glory. It is still lauded in song, verse and paintings. During its seven-hundred-year-old history Lvov has been a centre of political and military upheavals. Lvov’s location as an Ukrainian outpost projected [...] As I wrote at my first post about “The history of Lvov” (about half a year ago) Lvov was founded in the middle of the 13th century by Daniil Romanovich, Prince of Galicia and Volhynia, and named in honour of his son Lev. The town is first mentioned in the ancient chronicles of Galicia and [...] Lvov lies on the watershed of the Dniester and the Vistula, north of the eastern slope of the Carpathians, above the Poltava – a tributary of the Western Bug. Its climate is continental- moderately cool and humid with a marked difference between the average summer and winter temperatures (-4 °C in January, 18 °C in [...] Seven stormy centuries have gone into the making of Lviv, one of the most remarkable, major industrial and cultural center of the Ukraine. The past intermingled with the present to produce a town of inimitable beauty which every year attracts thousands of travelers from all over the world. |
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