Old Town (Lviv)

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L’viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Ukraine
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, v
Reference	865
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Lviv's Old Town (Ukrainian: Старе Місто Львова, Stare Misto L’vova; Polish: Stare Miasto we Lwowie) is the historic centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, of Lviv Oblast.

Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage." The UNESCO gave the following reasons^[1] for its selection:

Criterion ii: In its urban fabric and its architecture, Lviv 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 Lviv 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.

v • d • e Lviv-related topics

Religion	Armenian Cathedral · Cathedral of St. George · Chapel of Boim family · Bernardine Church · Carmelite Church · Convent of Benedictines · Church of St. Anne · Church of John the Baptist · Church of Mary of Snow · Church of St. Elizabeth · Church of St. Mary Magdalene · Church of St. Onuphrius · Church of the Purification · Church of Transfiguration · Dominican Church · Jesuit Church · Latin Cathedral

Attractions	Catholic University · Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów · Freedom Boulevard · Lviv High Castle · Lviv University · Lychakivskiy Cemetery · Market Square · Mickiewicz Square · National Gallery · Polytechnic University · Old Town · The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet · Scottish Café · Town Hall · Ukraina Stadium · Union of Lublin Mound

Transport	International Airport · Tramway · Main Rail Terminal · Suburban Rail Terminal

v • d • e World Heritage Sites in Ukraine

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings / Kiev-Pechersk Lavra · L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries) · Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (with Slovakia)