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L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
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L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

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World Heritage record

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ2592613

Inception1975

Administrative areaQ36036

WikipediaOld Town (Lviv)

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

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Brief synthesis The city of L’viv was founded in the late Middle Ages where a settlement had existed since the 5th and 6th centuries.

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