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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 [...] Lvov grew rapidly. The outskirts merged with Lvov proper, the nearby villages were turned into suburbs. Following the partition of Poland in 1772 Eastern Galicia fell to the Austrian Empire. The medieval walls and ramparts were – destroyed in the direuct and figurative meaning of the word. Numerous ancient churches and fortifications were either torn [...] Saint Paraskevi church is particularly known for its remarkable iconostasis consisting of more than seventy individual fragments. This church is a true masterpiece of Ukrainian part of the 16th-17th centuries. Painters whose names are unknown managed to achieve an intriguing combination of vivid national co louring coupled with western influence. In Lviv one often comes [...] Nearby to Saint Nikolas Church there is a Church and Monastery of Saint Onuphrius (Monastyr Svyatogo Onuiriya) dates back to hoary antiquity. Saint Onurfy Church began late in the 13th century as a wooden church that existed at the time of Prince Lev Daniilovich. In the mid-15th century it was supplemented by a monastery of [...] Church of Saint Nicholas (Tserkov Svyatogo Nikolaya) is a very interesting and probably the most ancient relic. It’s placed on Bogdan Khmelnitsky st. Saint Nicholas Church existed from about 1292. Until the beginning of the 14th century it was used as the family church of Lvov Princes. Later the church belonged to artisans of the [...] Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (Kostyol Marii Snezhnoi) stands on a small hill facing the start of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street. According to certain investigators the Church of Saint Mary was rebuilt from an ancient Russian church. But there is no doubt that at the close of the 13th century this was a Catholic church and the [...] 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 [...] |
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