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L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

Ukraine
Date of Inscription: 1998
Minor modification inscribed year: 2008
Criteria: (ii)(v)
Property : 120.0000 ha
Buffer zone: 2441.0000 ha
Halychyna, L’viv Oblast'
N49 50 29.868 E24 1 55.128
Ref: 865bis

Brief Description

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.

Lviv panorama, west view of the city | Nomination File © Nomination File More pictures ...

Justification for Inscription

Criterion (ii): In its urban fabric and its architecture, L’viv is an outstanding example of the fusion of the architectural and artistic traditions of eastern Europe with those of Italy and Germany. Criterion (v): The political and commercial role of L’viv attracted to it a number of ethnic groups with different cultural and religious traditions, who established separate yet interdependent communities within the city, evidence for which is still discernible in the modern townscape.

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