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 down or remodelled – the Austrians were not concerned about the cultural and historical relics of a tributary state. Of those vestiges that have been preserved there is the Powder Tower (porohhovaya Bashnya) that was built between 1554-56. This large, monolithic structure of roughly-hewn stone boulders in podvalnaya Street is quite impressive with its narrow loopholes that make a striking contrast with the powerful walls (three metres thick at the base). It has been restored at 1954and remodelled and it is now used as the Architects’ Club. Powder Tower is the only tower that have remainded till this days from the 17th towers that was built.
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