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Lvov, Kiev. Discount tours,
escort. Travel Company
Black Sea vacations
railway tickets. Ukrainian
incoming travel agency
Tel/fax +38 097 4979424
Church of the Dominicans / Latin Metropolitan Cathedral / The Chapel of Boims / The Pharmacy Museum /
The Museum of History of Religion / Furniture and Porcelain Museum / The Museum of Ethnography and Crafts /
The National Museum in L'viv / The L'viv Historic Museum / L'viv Art Gallery / L'viv State University / Lychakiv Cemetery
The first Town hall was built in the late 1350s-early 1360s.It was a wooden construction with a tall tower and a gallery, destroyed by fire in 1381.In the early 17th century a new Town Hall was constructed. But this building did not survive either for in 1826 the tower fell down.
The present building, designed by architects Juzef Markel, Frantishek Treter and Alois Wondrashka, was built in 1835. Its tower has become a symbol of the city. The tall of the tower is 65 m. In 1852 a city clock was installed there.Two lions guard the entrance to the Town Hall. They hold a shield with the city coat of arms. The coat of arms contains of the gate with
watchtowers. Gate demonstrate the city's hospitality but lions guard the city from unwelcome guests.
Around the Town Hall there are four fountains with antique sculptures of Neptune, Adonis, Diana and Amphitrite. Its had been built there in 1793.
Sights
of Lviv