LVIV, OLD TOWN:

Founded in the mid 13th century, Lviv is one of the oldest towns of the Eastern Europe. A high standard of cultural life attracted there talented artists from other countries painters, sculptors, architects. The tour will show You round the most remarkable sights of the most remarkable sights of the ancient city, which has preserved as an indivisible architectural ensemble in spite of wars, fires and revolutions - the medieval Rynok Square with the Town Hall and a set of ancient buildings, the Gothic Latin Cathedral, beautiful Cathedrals of Bernadines, Jesuits and Dominicans, ruin of the all Europe famous Golden Rosa Synagogue, magnificent city fortifications, including the Town and Royal Armouries, Gunpowder Tower and other old relics.

LVIV, THE REVIEW:

Lviv is one of the richest towns in Ukraine as to the number and value of historical and architectural monuments representing the architectural styles and trends of different times. The review tour shows round the complicated history of Lviv as a single whole with it`s architecture the Princely (Knyazhy) Town and the West European town building traditions including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism up to the Eclecticism and Art Nouveau. The tour route includes the old sights, city center, downtown and the memorial Lychakiv Cemetery.

THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES OF LVIV:

Since the earliest times Lviv was home to a nationally, religiously and culturally diverse population. Various communities Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Armenians, Germans has played an active role in life of the city. You will see the turbulent and eventful history of the religious and national groups, a set of attractive relics of the past. Among them the splendid Baroque Greek Catholic St.George (St.Jury) Cathedral, the beautiful Renaissance ensemble of the Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary Assumption, the magnificent Roman Catholic Latin Cathedral, the unique ensemble of the Armenian Street and sights of the medieval Jewish block.

LVIV ABBEYS:

The fascinating tour to the bewitching world of the inimitable in beauty medieval Monasteries of Bernardines, Dominicans and Barefooted Carmelites and Convents of Benedictins and Poor Clares, where legend and reality are interlaced.

LVIV FORTIFICATIONS: LOST AND RESTORED

An unforgettable acquaintance with one of the most powerful medieval fortresses of the Eastern Europe: in the 14th-16th Lviv had been fenced by a triple fortified wall with towers, bastions and dishes. The fortifications partly reached our time in spite of fires and sieges, they keep the impress of the bygone ages.

You will pass round the line of the ancient fortifications and see the stern Town, Royal and Senyavsky Armouries, High and Low Walls with the Gunpowder Tower and Towers of Tailors, Turners and Tradesmen, fortified abbeys and cathedrals and the old Austrian Citadel of the 19th century remarkable for it`s eventful history.

LVIV TAMPLES:

The route includes the Lviv Temples of various times (14th-19th c.), architecture styles and denominations. Almost two dozens of refined Churches, Cathedrals and Chapels form the single precious necklace beautifying the ancient city heart.

To book a tour please call: 38 044 279 82 08
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