The building of the Church of the Assumption was also financed by Hetman Saghaidachny and the Moldavian noblemen Pavel, Jeremiah and Simon Mogila. This accounts for its second name – Voloshskaya (from the word Valakhia, meaning Moldavia).
Work was often interrupted due to lack of finances. In 1592 the Fraternity dispatched envoys to Fyodor Ioanovich, King [...]
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As I wrote before the Church of the Assumption was ruled by the Stauropegia Fraternity, one of the strongest and most influencial Orthodox communities. It emerged on the basis of guilds and had many merchants and craftsmen among its members. First mentioned in 1439, in the 16th and 17th centuries this Fraternity was already given [...] Contemporaries used to say that Lvov had “few Russians but much of Russia.” All this imbued the Renaissance in Lvov with unique local features. Church of the Assumption (Uspenskaya Tserkov) ensemble a few steps from the Arsenal, which is a masterpiece of 16th century Ukrainian architecture and one of Lvov’s earliest and best monuments of the Renaissance. Almost opposite to the Powder Tower is another arsenal named Royal (Korolevshy Arsenal) to distinguish it from the Town Arsenal. Royal Arsenal is located on the podvalnaya 13 st. From 1939 till nowadays it houses the Regional Historical Archives.Royal Arsenal was built in 1630 by directive of Wladyslaw IV Waza – it was used as an [...] Of the same “age” as Powder Tower is the Town Arsenal (Gorodshoi Arsenal) – it was built in 1554-1556. Town Arsenal is Situated further along the podvalnaya street. Arsenal Town is a long one-store building shaped in the form of an irregular rectangle with a beveled corner. During the Swedish attack in 1704 the Arsenal was [...] |
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