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 across traditional iconography and compositional methods of Ukrainian painting influenced by the North Italian Renaissance and the German-Flemish school of painting. The gold-plated wooden iconostasis will astonish you with its elaborate fretwork and tracery.
Although Saint Paraskevi church is small in size, it is an imposing structure. Thick, roughly hewn walls and small windows speaks of times when the church was not only a spiritual center but also a fortress, a place of refuge from the enemy.
A close survey of the church’s architectural and constructive features reveals elements of Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque styles and also of the late Renaissance period. Its clearly defined, unbroken composition, light-flooded majestic interior contribute much to its value as a monument of Lviv architecture of the 17th century which continued and developed the Ukrainian building traditions and those of local architecture in particular.
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