On the occasion of the grand opening of the General Provincial Exhibition of 1894, Archduke Karl Ludwig, deputy curator of the exhibition of Emperor Franz…
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Former Bernardine Fire Station
In 1883–1884, a building for the city fire brigade was constructed next to the Bernardine Monastery on Charnetskogo Street (Vynnychenko Street), opposite…
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Construction of the City Theater
The construction of the City Theater (now the S. Krushelnytska National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater) was carried out by Ivan Levynsky's architectural and…
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Yaroslava Osmomysla Square
Krakivska Square, or Krakivy, has been a trading center since ancient times, thanks to its location—first under the ancient Krakivska Gate, and later at the…
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View of State Archive of Lviv Oblast
In this picture – a sufficient archaic view of the Royal Arsenal. In 1639-1646, in preparing for war with Turkey, King Wladyslaw IV built an ammunition depot –…
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Old Hotel "George"
In this picture is the hotel “Russia” (“De Russie”) in front of the pieces of the old structure. In 1793, the site of the current hotel contained the inn…
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Head Post Office
The Head Post Office building was built in 1887-1889 on land that belonged to a Greek Catholic spiritual seminary (along Kopernyk st.), for which the area of…
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Erection of the city theatre
The image shows one of the stages of construction of the Lviv Opera House. With the expiration in 1892 of the Skarbek privilege, under which theatrical…
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Ancient defence wall fragment
A fragment of an ancient city wall, discovered during preparatory work on the construction of merchant Edmund Ridley's mansion at 3 Teatralna Street. The wall…
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Lychakivska Street
The beginning of Lychakivska Street, which runs from Charnetskogo Street (now Vynnychenko Street) to Lychakivska Rogatka, one of the oldest streets in Lviv…
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Listopadovy Chyn Street
Listopadovy Chin Street is one of the oldest roads leading to the city; it has been known by its current name since the end of the 17th century as Svyentourska…
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Mitskevycha Square
The archaic appearance of Lviv's most famous square—the stone buildings and structures that had not yet been built, which ultimately gave the square its…
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Mitskevycha Square
A constant and integral part of the Mariyatska Square ensemble has always been a line of carriages, which were later replaced by cars. Opposite, on the western…
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Ivan Franko Park
The image shows the central entrance to the oldest park in Lviv (and Ukraine) from the side of the Galician Sejm (now Ivan Franko National University of Lviv)…
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