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PostHeaderIcon Vernadsky church (Church of St. Andrew)

Vernadsky church (Church of St. Andrew)
Architecture of Vernadsky church (Church of St. Andrew) is one of the visiting cards of Lviv.

 

PostHeaderIcon park “High Castle”

Lviv High CastleExcursions in Lviv often begin in park “High Castle”, which, probably, have heard many tourists intending to visit the ancient city of Leo. And probably not in vain. Indeed, since the height of 413 m above sea level (namely, at such a height and there is a hill High Castle), the city of Lvov you can see "as in the palm.

 

PostHeaderIcon House of Scientists

House of ScientistsHouse of Scientists (formerly aristocratic casino, the count's casino, popular casinos, casino Gerhard) - an architectural monument of Lviv. Located in the central part of the city, on the street Listopadovogo Chin, 6.

 

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Area Mickiewicz - one of the central squares of the city.Area Mickiewicz

According to a study J. Witwicki in the current area of Mickiewicz during the Commonwealth were a number of fortification: tower Reznikov, coopers and tanners, bastions Farsky and Snake (aka Water), the length of high walls and earthworks. These fortifications were demolished in the late XVIII century the Austrian authorities, but from the beginning of XIX century the area began to be built. This territory drained through the river flowed here Poltva moved two bridges in 1840. Thus was formed the area of the Archduke Ferdinand, named in honor of Ferdinand d'Este, governor of the Austrian province of Galicia and Lodomery in 1832-1846, respectively. The name of Ferdinand-Platz (Square Ferdinand) territory received from June 29, 1843.