Lviv Ukraine tourism

It is better to start the acquaintance with the city on Rynok Square, where there is always an atmosphere of festivity. Market Square, as cozy and well-groomed as in any European city, is surrounded by a lot of attractions. For example the sculptural fountains: Adonis, Amphitrite, Neptune and Diana. The sculptor Hartmann Witwer created them in 1810-1814. Earlier on this place there were wells with water for the townspeople and traders.

Around Market Square are the Bandinelli House, the Black Stone House, the Venetian House, the Italianate Courtyard, the Lubomirski Palace, and the Adreoli Passage.

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In the very center of the city there is a place where you can sit in silence and coolness. Back in the 16th century, when the central part of Lviv was being built, the owners of the house suffered from the market noise. They wanted to make a calm yard for themselves, and they succeeded. Now the Italian courtyard serves as an oasis for tourists.

In the center of the square is the Town Hall, 65 meters high. Walk 408 steps to the observation deck. From here you have a beautiful panorama of the city. On the tower there is the main city clock of the Austrian factory Wilgelm Stiehl, they are more than 165 years old. The first clock appeared in Lviv in 1491. For centuries the tower was burning, falling, and collapsing, and with it - the clock. Only in 1851 after another reconstruction there appeared the clock that still works.

There is also a Tourist Information Center in the City Hall, where you can get information about Lviv and its places of interest.

Львов является одним из важнейших центров образования на Украине. Здесь расположены 12 университетов, 8 академий, десятки институтов (всего во Львове 59 высших учебных заведений).

Главный корпус Львовской политехники

Львовский национальный университет им. Ивана Франко

Львовский государственный университет безопасности жизнедеятельности
Во Львове сосредоточен значительный научный потенциал, он занимает четвёртое место среди украинских городов по числу докторов наук, кандидатов наук, научных организаций. В городе находятся 8 институтов Национальной Академии наук Украины, более 40 научно-исследовательских и проектно-конструкторских институтов (в том числе Центр Института космических исследований, Институт физики конденсированных систем, Институт клеточной биологии, Национальный институт стратегических исследований, Институт нейроматематичного моделирования в энергетике, Институт экологии Карпат и другие).

In Soviet times, Lviv remained an important cultural center of the country. In the late 1970s it had five theaters, a philharmonic hall, about 40 cinemas, a circus, 46 Palaces of Culture, 12 large museums, and over 350 libraries. Lviv was the most important center of Ukrainian-speaking culture in the USSR.

Many well-known writers, composers, artists, architects and journalists worked in the city. Among them I. Vilde, J. Stetsyuk, V. Stus.

A city with a lively history, Lviv (also spelled L’viv and Lvov) in Ukraine’s west was founded in the 13th century and has changed flags many times in the years since, having been part of Poland, Austria-Hungary and the Soviet empire. The city’s well-preserved historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has attractions like the Market Square (Ploshcha Rynok). Climb the tower at the town hall for a great city view. The Lviv Opera House is dazzling and hosts world-class performances.