UNESCO World Heritage Site

L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ukraine, inscribed in 1998.

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 wh

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.

Country
Ukraine
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
1998
UNESCO reference
865
Area
120 ha

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