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Lviv

Львів

City of regional significance

Ukrainian transcription(s)

• National

Lviv

• ALA-LC

L′viv

• BGN/PCGN

L’viv

• Scholarly

L′viv

From top down: Historic Centre of Lviv, Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Market Square

Flag
Coat of arms

Motto(s):

Semper fidelis

Lviv

Location in Ukraine

Lviv

Location in Europe

Country

Ukraine

Oblast

Lviv Oblast

Municipality

Lviv

Founded

1240–1247

Magdeburg law

1356

Area

• Total

182.01 km² (70.27 sq mi)

Elevation

296 m (971 ft)

Population

(January 2019)

• Total

724,713

• Density

3,982/km² (10,310/sq mi)

• Demonym

Leopolitan

Time zone

UTC+2 (EET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal codes

79000–79490

Area code(s)

+380 32(2)

Licence plate

BC (before 2004: ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС)

Sister cities

Corning, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Lublin, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saint Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Wolfsburg, Rochdale

Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів) is the capital city of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. 860,000 people live in Lviv. 88% of the people living there are Ukrainian, 8% are Russian, and 1% are Polish. An extra 200,000 people commute to Lviv every day for work.

During the city's history, it was ruled by many countries. When part of Poland it was called Lwów (pronounced and sometimes spelled Lvov). In German, it was known as Lemberg, that was part of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and again under Nazi German occupation. From 1350 until 1772 it belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and from 1918 to 1939 to the Republic of Poland.

Images for kids

A satellite view of Lviv (Sentinel-2, 14 August 2017)
A 17th century portrait depicting Knyaz Lev of Galicia-Volhynia with the city of Lviv in the background
Lviv High Castle, fragment of engraving by A. Gogenberg, 17th century
John II Casimir, King of Poland, pledging an oath at Lwów's Latin Cathedral, by painter Jan Matejko. Collection of the Wrocław Museum.
Lwów in a lithograph from 1618
18th century map of Lviv
The Racławice Panorama opened in 1894
Lviv in 1900.
The Galician Sejm (till 1918), since 1920 the Jan Kazimierz University
Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów) in 1915
The Lwów Eaglets, teenage soldiers who fought on the Polish side during the Battle of Lwów
Ukrainian Sich Riflemen fought on the Ukrainian side in November 1918. The picture was made by one of the contemporaries of event.
A panorama of Lwów before 1924
Eastern Trade Fair (Targi Wschodnie), main entrance.
The Lviv Holocaust memorial in Israel
The imprisoned Tango of Death orchestra
Sykhiv – Lviv's largest residential neighborhood, was built in the early 1980s under Soviet rule
Lviv City Hall
E19101 electric bus – product of the Electron
Inside the Church of the Transfiguration
The Church of the Assumption
Chapel of the Boim family
A room in the Lviv National Art Gallery
The Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre, an important cultural centre for residents and visitors
The main building of Lviv National Museum
Pikkardiyska Tertsiya – Ukrainian a cappella musical formation
The front façade of the Lviv University, the oldest university in Ukraine
The building of the former Scottish Café
Ivan Franko Park
A clock in Lviv on Prospekt Svobody (Freedom Ave.), showing time to start of EURO 2012. Opera and Ballet Theatre in background
A confectioner makes chocolate lions at the Festival of Chocolate
A Lviv tram in the Old Town.
Lviv's Main Railway Terminal
Lviv International Airport
Police patrol by bicycles in the tourist area of Lviv
Lviv Polytechnic.
Lviv National Stepan Gzhytsky University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology.
Anatomy Department Building of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University - one of the oldest and prime medical institute of Ukraine.
Aleksander Fredro Monument, moved from Lviv to Wrocław, its sister city, after World War II
The Jesuit Church – An example of baroque style in Lviv
Bernardine church and monastery in the style of Italian and Dutch mannerism
Early 20th century architecture in Lviv
Architecture of Shevchenko Avenue
The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church was constructed in 1995–2001 in Sykhiv district
The mixture of modern and Soviet-era architecture in the northern part of the city
Bernardine Church
Dominican Church
Potocki Palace
St. George's Cathedral, Lviv
View on Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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