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Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Thread Started on Feb 21, 2008, 2:35pm »
Lwów or Lvov was the third major city in Poland before the WW2. Today it is in the Ukraine.

Lviv/Lvov, the biggest city in Western Ukraine, was founded as a fort in the mid-13th century (first mentioned as a city in a medieval chronicle in 1256) by Prince Danylo Halitski of Galicia, one of the most powerful princes in east-central Europe and a former principality of Kievan Rus. City was named after his son Lev.
Located roughly in the midpoint of Europe, it quickly became the center of trade and commerce. Major trade roads from the Black and Baltic Sea ports, East and Western Europe led to its rapid economic development. Due to its geographical location the city was a meeting place of Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish and Austrian cultures. Armenians, Hungarians, Greeks, Italians, Serbs, Moldavians and many more others lived there for the duration of many centuries. All of them together had introduced wide variety of traditions, cultures, religions and a mix of architecture. Now, Lviv is a major economic and cultural center of the Western region of independent Ukrainian state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv

Lvov resembles Krakow to a great extent. Lvov`s historical buildings look similar to those of Krakow.

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The National Museum Museum
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A Rus prince, the founder of Lvov.
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Orthodox church
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Catholic church
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - once Polish cities
« Reply #1 on Feb 21, 2008, 3:23pm »
Lvov

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The Armenian cathedral
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The Market Sqare. Hey, it looks like Krakow.
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The Catholic cathedral
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Excavations in the Market Square
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - once Polish cities
« Reply #2 on Feb 21, 2008, 3:32pm »
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius- cities of old Poland
« Reply #3 on Feb 21, 2008, 3:38pm »
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #4 on Feb 21, 2008, 3:46pm »
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The most sacred place for Poles in Lvov today. The Cemetary of Lvov Eaglets - a must for all Polish tourists who visit Lvov.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery_of_the_Defenders_of_Lw%C3%B3w

The cemetary was purposefully badly damaged by Ukrainians in communist times, but when the system collapsed, the mutual Polish -Ukrainian agreements settled the problem and the cemetary was reconstructed, in a little different form.

The view from 1971. The main building was used as a storage house.
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #5 on Feb 28, 2008, 3:51pm »
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania.
Just like Lvov, was a multicultural city with the Polish majority where the East mixed with the West.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius

Vilnius is better looking city than Lvov. One can see that Lithuania is a richer country. Vilnius is even prettier than polluted Krakow.
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #6 on Feb 28, 2008, 3:55pm »
Of course, there are nasty blocks in Vilnius too.
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But the Old Town is just perfect

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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #7 on Feb 28, 2008, 3:59pm »
Vilnius

I just adore such narrow streets, clean, quiet, cozy...

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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #8 on Feb 28, 2008, 4:04pm »
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #9 on Feb 28, 2008, 4:12pm »
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #10 on Feb 28, 2008, 4:27pm »
There are nasty blocks like everywhere in post-communist countries....
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and Vilnius doesn`t have too many skyscrapers..

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But it doesn`t matter because there is the Old Town which beats everything with its cleanliness that one gets green of envy....
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Re: Lvov and Vilnius - cities with Polish past
« Reply #11 on Feb 28, 2008, 4:34pm »
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