Lviv Interactive

Lviv Interactive is a web-accessible, interactive historical map of the city of Lviv. The map aims at presenting the contemporary, living city in its historical dimension rather than reproducing a static picture of the past.
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Vul. Henerala Chuprynky, 5 – office building

Family residence, villa (1889-1890; architect Alfred Kamienobrodski). The villa is part of an ensemble of single family buildings, which partially served to realize the project of developing a comlex of single-family residences in the Kastelivka district. Construction project of the building envisioned it as a freely-situated object, surrounded by a garden plot. Late Historicism (combining Neo-renaissance forms with motifs of Alpine architecture). According to documents, at the time of construction, the object was in the property of Jan Bromilski, whose family was connected with several other construction projects to leave a notable trace in the architecture of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Lviv. In Soviet times the building housed administrative institutions, and after the collapse of the USSR, it became home to offices of various political parties.

Old Jewish Kirkut (cemetery)
The old Jewish cemetery was first mentioned in the municipal records on May 27, 1414. By the seventeenth century, following the acquisition of surrounding private land plots during the previous centuries, the cemetery covered the territory between today's Rappoporta, Bazarna, Brovarna and Kleparivska Streets. For many years the old cemetery was shared by the two Jewish communities of the city. The cemetery was officially closed on August 22, 1855. The old Jewish cemetery, which no longer exists today, was one of the oldest and most renowned Jewish cemeteries in Europe. Old gravestones were eventually used for paving streets and constructing walls of the “New” Market, also known as Krakivskyi (Cracow) Market. Gravestone plates from the old Jewish cemetery were also used to pave the courtyard of the prison in former Lonskiego St.

Vul. B. Khmelnytskoho, 5-11 - former cinema

Vul. Vitovskoho 45 – athletic club building with a swimming pool

Fountain in Mitskevycha Square
In 1950, the Virgin Lady Statue, which previously stood here, was dismounted and moved to the Boyim Chapel for preservation. A chalice, supported by tritons, mythological sea monsters, was put in its place. The project for the reconstruction of the fountain was developed by the famous Lviv architect Anatolii Konsulov; the chalice and the tritons were authored by Lviv sculptor Yevhen Dzyndra.

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Electron Bank (Citadel)
Monument to Wisniowski and Kapuscinski
Vul. Zelena, 9 – Baptist House of Prayer (former church of st. Ursula)
Vul. Korolenka, 3 – Orthodox St. George Church