LVIV - A HOUSE, IN WHICH IS

ALWAYS COZY.

LVIV, THE CAPITAL OF WESTERN UKRAINE, IS A LARGE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF UKRAINE.

ITS NARROW OLD STREETS AND ITS HISTORIC CENTRE MAKE IT ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE

COUNTRY.

Lviv’s main street is Freedom Avenue. It runs from Mitskevych Square to the Ivan Franko Opera and Ballet Theatre. Also in Freedom Avenue you can see the National Museum which used to be the Lenin Museum. In the middle of the avenue there is a statue of Ukrainian national poet, Taras Shevchenko, and there are always a lot of flowers at its feet.The Museum of Ethnography, Arts and Crafts, with a statue of Liberty in front, demonstrates furniture and porcelain. Each room presents a different era.

LVIV IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES, AMONG WHICH ARE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, USPENSKY CHURCH, ST

GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, JESUIT CHURCH AND MANY OTHERS. LVIV IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS MUSEUM OF HISTORIC

RELIGIONS.INSIDE THE TOWN ARSENAL THERE IS THE MUSEUM OF OLD ARMS, WITH A

DISPLAY OF VARIOUS ARMS TAKEN FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES.

10 facts about Lviv

1. LVIV - SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN UKRAINE. HERE LIVES ALMOST 740,000 PEOPLE.2. LVIV HAS MORE THAN 100 OPERATING TEMPLES, PRESENTED TWO DOZEN DENOMINATIONS.3. A FOREIGN TOURIST LEAVES IN AN AVERAGE OF € 210, WHILE THE NUMBER OF TOURISTS WHO COME EACH YEAR TO THE CITY IS GROWING BY 15-20%.4. TALLEST BUILDING IN UKRAINE - OLGA AND ELIZABETH CHURCH, ITS TOWER HEIGHT - 88 METERS.5. IN LVIV, A HOUSE-BUILDING AND CROSSWORD WITH A GIANT PORTRAIT OF SHEVCHENKO.

6. IN LVIV, YOU CAN VISIT AS MANY AS 60 MUSEUMS.7. LIONS AMERICANIZED. THE CITY HAS SEVERAL STREETS WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OR UKRAINE STREET JOHN LENNON, WASHINGTON, LINCOLN.8. LVIV - THE CITY, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ROCK BAND OF UKRAINE - "OKEAN ELZY." ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH LVIV, RUSLANA, SCRIABIN, THE GROUP "BROTHERS HADYUKINY" AND SO ON.9. IN THE SUMMER OF 2013 IN LVIV INSTALLED STREET PIANO, WHICH CAN PLAY ALL COMERS.10. IN LVIV CREATE SOFTWARE FOR MANY HOLLYWOOD FILMS SUCH AS SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR "SPIDERMAN," "HARRY POTTER," "HULK" AND OTHER FILMS MADE HERE

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