Lvov – Tourist Guide

Like most medieval towns Lvov was heavily fortified. The internal wall with four corner towers was followed by an outer wall which had seventeen towers and was surrounded by a moat filled with water. Then came the ramparts and bastions along Valovaya Street, Square of Daniil Galitsky (Ploshchad Daniila Galitsga) . The town had two [...]

In the 14th and 15th centuries the shortspelled decline gave way to a new economic revival. Once again Lvov gained fame as an important commercial centre on the great trade routes to the North, East and South from the markets of the West and became a serious rival of merchant Krakow (sometimes also written as [...]

Following Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street back to the foot of the High Castle and turning left one comes upon a broad boulevard overgrown with trees and shrubbery.  On the right is Podvalnaya Street (”Ulitsa Podualnaya”) crossed by Valovaya Street (”Ulitsa Valovaya”) at the far end.

The names Podvalnaya (”Under the rampart”) and Valovaya (”Rampart”) are reminiscent of [...]