Презентація "Top ten Lviv Atractions"

Top 10 Lviv attractions. Dina Roshcha

RYNOK SQUARERynok Square has been the centre of political, public, cultural, and commercial life of the city for 500 years; it is the heart of Lviv, the setting of the historic beginning of the Europeanization of Ukraine. Surrounding it are about fifty unique architectural monuments dating back to the 16-20th centuries

LVIV OPERA HOUSEThe Lviv Opera House (28 Svobody Square) is an architectural gem of Lviv, built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1901, and one of the most beautiful theatres in Europe...

VIRMENSKA STREETThe Armenian community, one of the oldest in Lviv, had formed over the years a center for its national life in Lviv. Its unique architecture portrays the original spirit of this Eastern Christian culture.

THE PALACE OF COUNTS POTOCKISThe Palace of Counts Potockis is a majestic edifice in French Neorenaissance style of late 19th century.

THE CHAPEL OF THE BOIM FAMILYThe Chapel of the Boim family is a famous and very unique late Renaissance monument; it has no analogues, neither in Ukraine nor in the rest of Europe...14 members of the Boim family are buried in the chapel.

THE DOMINICAN CHURCHThe Dominican Church, now the Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Eucharist, is a magnificent monument of the late Baroque; it is adorned with original sculptures.

THE BERNARDINE MONASTERYLThe Bernardine Monastery (now the Greek Catholic Church of St. Andrew) is an impressive monument in the Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque styles dating to1600-1630s. This is a fortified medieval monastery.

ITALIAN COURTYARDThe Kornyakt Palace (6 Rynok Square) represents an extremely valuable Renaissance monument dating to 1580; it was the palace of the wealthiest citizen in the whole history of Lviv - the merchant Constantine Kornyakt.

THE HIGH CASTLE PARKThe High Castle Park an old shady park on the hill towering above the city, ruins of an old castle, the viewing platform, and breathtaking sceneries

LYCHAKIV CEMETERYThe cemetery has been classified as a historic and cultural museum and heritage preserve.

Rynok square. Lviv opera house. Virmenska street. The palace of counts potockis. The chapel of the boim family The dominican church. The bernardine monastery. Italian courtyard. The high castle park. Lychakiv cemetery. Top 10 Lviv attractions