The Gunpowder Tower is a fully preserved fragment of Lviv's defensive structures. One of the 17 towers that were part of the ring of city fortifications. A monument of military defense architecture of the Renaissance era.
The Gunpowder tower was located on the defensive rampart behind the second line of fortifications and served to protect the approaches to the city from the eastern side. It was also used to store gunpowder and ammunition, and in peacetime - as a grain warehouse.
It is built of unhewn stone, semicircular in plan, three-story, covered with a gabled roof. The thickness of the walls reaches 2.5 meters. For more than four centuries, the rising ground level hid the lower part of the tower by one and a half to two meters.
Since 1959, the premises have be ...
Last update
1/31/2025
Categories | Castle / fortress, Architecture, Museum / gallery |
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Date of foundation | 1554-1556 |
Hours of work | 12:00-20:00, days off - Monday |
Address |
Pidvalna Street, 4
Lviv |
Coordinates |
49.8428432° N, 24.0356022° E
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Phone | +380 68 860 8604, +380 63 363 3707, |
gunpowdertower@gmail.com , porohova.veza.lviv@gmail.com | |
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