As I wrote before, Daniil founded Lvov arround the year 1250 and didn’t give way to the enemy within the country: The centre of the town was the fortress, or detinets which was surrounded by a wall, and numerous ramparts and moats. A high watchtower dominated the settlement. Near it were the ammunition dumps and depots. At the foot of the hill, the site of the present Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street and the former Volhynski Szlach (Road) lay the Okolny Gorod or Padgoradye (the town outskirts). Volhynski Szlach was the main thoroughfare of that time linking Kolomiya and Galich with Volhynia and Kiev and was of great economic and strategic importance. Here, where a small square today marks the beginning of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street was the former Old Marketplace (Staryi Rynok) – the trade centre of ancient Lvov. The old name of the street pod Bramoy – denotes the site of the gateway to Okolny Gorod (Padgoradye). A fortified wall fenced in the palace of the Prince, the houses of the boyars and their retinue. Along the poltva bordering the hill from the west, north and south, lay the scattered settlements of the merchants, craftsmen and the urban poor.
The town grew, constantly fighting for its life. In 1259 the Tartar Khan Burunday forced the Princes of Galicia and Volhynia to pull down the fortifications. Lev Daniilovich “opened up” the town but fortified it again soon afterwards. New attempts of the Tartars to seize Lvov, this time under Khan Telebug, ended in failure.
[...] earliest building dates back to the early 14th century when Lvov was under the rule of the Calician Princes. After it collapsed it was followed by two more churches. The third was burnt down in 1571. [...]