Lvov’s Royal Arsenal

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 [...]

Lviv’s Arsenal Cold Weapon Museum

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 [...]