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Lviv's Old Town (Ukrainian: Старе Місто Львова, romanized: Stare Misto L’vova; Polish: Stare Miasto we Lwowie) is the historic centre of the city of Lviv, within the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine, recognized as a State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975.
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L’viv’s historic centre includes many distinct parts representing different stages in its development. The Vysokyi Zamok (High Castle) and Pidzamche (area around the castle) are the main and oldest part of the town, dating to the 5th century.
The old town of Lviv. Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів ⓘ, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg or Leopoldstadt[citation needed] ( archaic ); Yiddish: לעמבערג; Russian: Львов, romanized : Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.
- Old Town. Lviv had the good fortune of escaping major destruction in the Second World War, and its position on the trade roads between the Black Sea and Central Europe furnished it with more beautiful architecture than you can hope to get through in one visit.
- St George’s Cathedral. This 18th-century Catholic cathedral looks out over Lviv from its namesake hill on the west side of the city. It was built over 15 years up to 1760 and its exterior ornamentation is as rich as it gets.
- Market Square. It seems like all streets in the Old Town converge on this historic and hectic central square surrounding Lviv’s Town Hall. Market Square heaves with locals, tourists and street performers and the amount to see on this one plaza is almost overwhelming: There are glorious townhouses on each side of the square, many from the Renaissance (especially on the East side), and some with later Rococo designs.
- City Hall. The seat of Lviv’s city council is a medley of buildings, the oldest dating to the 14th century. The oldest elements are towards the centre, while the western side is from the turn of the 16th century.
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