Attractions of Lviv region

The central resort park "Adamivka" in Truskavets was founded back in 1895. Named in honor of Adam Sapeha - one of the most active initiators of the reconstruction of the park.

Located in the valley of the Vorotishche stream on an area of about 60 hectares, in the very center of the Truskavets resort. The center of the resort area of the city is the Central mineral water pumping station. Park avenues start from it, leading through the park on the hills, where there are 3 more healing springs, as well as the first summer pavilion for receiving water. Torosevych Boulevard acts as its main "street".

In addition to the plants characteristic of this area, you can find exotic species in the park: Weymouth pine, catalpa, boxwood, silver maple, vinegar tree and others. It is believed that the English style of the park was given by the gardener Yuzef Yablonskyi, who planted a large number of both typical and exotic trees here.

The first retro motorcycle museum was opened in Horodok by collector Ostap Boyko and his friends from the ZAZ-Kozak club.

The exposition presents 50 rare motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles of the post-war period. Among them are not only Java, Minsk, Voskhod, Izh, Dnipro and other Soviet-made cars, but also Italian, Polish, German, and French brands. All models have been restored, half of them are still running.

The oldest exhibit is a military trailer manufactured in Switzerland in 1944.

On the basis of the "Dnipro" K650 motorcycle, Lviv restorers created a sanitary motorcycle. You can also see a classic "carriage" motorcycle of the Soviet-era patrol service.

P.S. For technical reasons, "Retro Moto Museum" is ceasing its activity at 2 Romana Dashkevycha Street. Currently, the "Retro Moto Museum" team is considering other options for the location of the museum and promises to please with new interesting projects and exhibitions.

The mysterious monument, located by the road leading from the city of Komarno to the village of Kletsko, causes controversy about what it was erected in honor of. On the pedestal of the three-meter obelisk there is a Latin inscription: "My death is your life" and the dates "1641" and "1663".

According to the official version, the monument was built in honor of the victory over the Turks and Tatars. Some associate it with the events of 1672, when the Polish troops of Crown Hetman Yan Sobeskyi defeated the Tatar army of Nureddin-Sultan, which was five times larger, near Komarno, but this does not explain the dates indicated on the monument. Other researchers consider the obelisk to be a tombstone on the grave of a young nobleman who lived in the specified period. It is also possible that the monument was erected in honor of the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, and the dates indicate the year of the destruction of the old wooden church and the final completion of the construction of the new one.

The Royal Arsenal of Lviv was built in the Baroque style by the architect Pavlo Grodzytskyi by order of the Polish King Vladyslav IV.

As a strategically important city, Lviv had two arsenals. The city arsenal was formed by the citizens of the city, and the royal was maintained at the expense of the monarch. Since 1939, the Royal Arsenal has housed the Lviv Regional State Archive.

In 1977, a monument to the first printer Ivan Fedoriv was erected in front of the arsenal building, opened for the 400th anniversary of printing in Ukrainian lands. Near the monument is a second-hand market, popular with foreign tourists. Traders of old books and antiques gather here.

The Rudky Town Hall was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The building is rectangular, two-story, with a small clock tower at the corner. The decor is a bit reminiscent of a synagogue.

The town hall building is still used for its purpose - it houses the Rudky Town Council.

A bust of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko has been installed in the square on the Vidrodzhennya Square near the town hall.

The architectural ensemble of Rynok (Vicheva) Square in the Renaissance style creates a surprisingly harmonious medieval atmosphere of the "ideal city" in Zhovkva.

The general planning and projects of the main buildings were developed by the architect of Italian origin Pavlo Shchaslyvy. Among them, the Zhovkva Castle and the Church of Saint Lawrence dominate. The Zvirinetsky Gate (XVII century) leads to the castle park. The town hall (XVII-XX centuries) rises between the castle and Hlynska Brama. On the northwestern side is the Basilian Monastery of the Nativity of Christ (XVII century). The square is surrounded by Renaissance buildings with arcaded galleries, in which cafes and shops are located.

Since 1994, the central part of the city has the status of a historical and architectural reserve, restoration work continues.

The Monastery of the Sacraments (Benedictine nuns of continuous worship of the Holy Mysteries) with the Church of the Engagement of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph was built in Lviv in 1744-1780 on the site of a half-timbered church founded in 1718.

The neo-baroque tower was built during reconstruction in 1884-1887 according to the project of Adolf Minasevych.

In 1995, the church was consecrated as the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The Museum of Sacred Art of the Lviv Archdiocese named after Father Anton Petrushevych Curia of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was opened in 2008 in the restored church of Saint Klymentiy Sheptytsky.

An exposition of monuments of iconographic art collected by Studite monks after the legalization of the UGCC is presented.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was built in Stoianiv in 1901 on the site of the old wooden church founded in 1624 at the expense of the Kadlubsky family.

The author of the project of the new neo-Gothic church is the Polish architect Teodor-Maryan Talovsky, a pupil and professor of the Lviv Polytechnic.

In the 1930s, a statue of the Mother of God was installed near the church, but it was destroyed in the 1970s. In Soviet times, the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 2000, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was returned to the Catholic community of Stoianiv. Currently, it has been restored and is working.

Saint Anna's School was founded in Lviv at the Church of Saint Anna in 1791.

The current building in the English neo-Gothic style was built in 1884 according to the project of the architect Yuliush Hokhberger.

Since 2009, the Lviv Law School has been located here.

The Greek Catholic Church of Saint Anna on Volyanka Street in Boryslav was built in 1900 and consecrated in 1902 as the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Barbara.

The temple is made of brick with the use of natural stone in the neo-Gothic style with elements of the neo-Romanesque style. The height with the cross is 37 meters. The perimeter of the walls is supported by buttresses.

The temple is decorated with large windows with figured stained glass. The main altar houses the image of Saint Barbara by the famous artist and sculptor Anton Popel. In 1930-1931, the church was painted by masters under the direction of the Kraków artist Antoniy Protsaylovych.

In 1963, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, and in 1989 it was opened as the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Anna.

Now it is a unique pilgrimage center where the relics of more than 500 saints are kept. They were collected from all over the world by the abbot of the temple, Father Roman. On major holidays, you can see a reliquary in which 54 relics related to the life and death of Jesus Christ are collected. It is believed that the relics of saints can cure all diseases. Many cases of recovery of incurable patients have already been recorded.

The Church of Saint Anna was founded in Lviv as a Catholic church in 1507 on the spot where apprentice tailors who fled the city were killed and buried by the city guard.

The first wooden temple burned down several times. In its current form, the church of Saint Anna was rebuilt in 1730 by the Augustinian order. The transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque is noticeable in the architecture. The bell tower was added in 1927 by the architect Bronislav Viktor, the dome is made in the Art Deco style.

Today it is the church of Saint Anna of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Lviv is an excellent example of church architecture in the Baroque style.

The Franciscan Church of Saint. Anthony was founded in 1618-1630 outside the then city walls, and was originally wooden.

The current stone temple was built at the expense of Prince Kostyantyn-Kryshtof Korybut Vyshnevetsky, consecrated in 1739. Some sources date the founding of the wooden church in 1718, and the construction of the stone church in 1784. It is also known about the reconstruction of the temple in 1765 by the architect Frantsysk Kulchytskyi.

In 1818, a bell tower was built according to the project of the architect Yozef Markl.

The Church of Saint Anthony remained active even in Soviet times.

The rich interior decoration of the temple has been preserved to this day. The interior is refined and beautiful: the magnificent carvings and gilding in the Rococo style are impressive. On the parapet of the stairs in front of the entrance is a stone sculpture of the Virgin Mary by Sebastyan Fesinhera(XVIII century).

Now the church again belongs to the Franciscans. In 1995, it was declared the sanctuary of Saint Anthony of Padua.

The wooden church of St. Michael the Archangel in Volia-Vysotska is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches of the Lviv region.

In the interior you can see the iconostasis of 1655, some of the icons for which were executed in 1688-1689 by the artist Ivan Rutkovych.During the restoration in 1992, paintings from 1611 were also discovered, which are considered to be among the oldest in wooden churches in Ukraine.

The monastery complex with the church of Saint Clement of the Pope was built in Lviv in 1893-1895 by the builder Ivan Levynskyi according to the project of Frants Shtatts for the Catholic female monastic order of the Discalced Carmelites.

In 1939, the headquarters of the NKVD was located here. In 1943, the Nazis shot Italian prisoners of war on the territory of the monastery garden and cemetery. After the Second World War, until 1952, the guard regiment of the NKVD-MIA was housed in the buildings of the monastery. Later, this unit was based on the southern outskirts of the city, and the monastery complex was taken over by the city's ATS - the temple housed an operating room for settlements with clients. In the 1960s, during renovation and construction works, the remains of the repressed were found here.

Currently, the church of Saint Clement of the Pope is an active church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Discovered in one of the brick niches, the figure of the crucified Christ without hands is now installed in the altar of the church.