Old Town (Lviv)


Lviv's Old Town is the historic centre of the city of Lviv, within the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine, recognized as the State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975.

UNESCO

Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage". On 5 December 1998, during the 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto, Lviv was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO gave the following reasons for its selection:
The territory of the Lviv Historic Centre Ensemble covers of the Old Russ and Medieval part of the city, as well as the territory of the St. George’s Cathedral on St. George’s Hill. The buffer area of the Historic Centre, which is defined by the historic area bounds, is approximately.

List of featured landmarks

Beside the listed items of three major areas there are some 2,007 other historical landmarks within the Old City's area, 214 of which are considered national landmarks.
;Pidzamche
;Seredmistia
;Church of St. Yura, the Dragonfighter
;Old Town landmarks that are not part of the World Heritage Site