Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Sep 30, 2009, 1:41 pm
The ensemble of the Church of the Assumption includes the adjoining bell-tower and chapel. The bell tower, otherwise known as the “Кorniact Tower” after the name of its founder (Konstant...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Sep 27, 2009, 12:36 pm
The main facade of the Lviv Church of the Assumption  faces narrow Ruthenian Street (Ulica Ruska) which unfortunately prevents one from observing the front in all its splendor. The huge thick wall of...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Sep 10, 2009, 4:29 pm
The Church of the Assumption was designed and built by Lviv’s most noteworthy architect Paolo Dominici Romano, an Italian by birth who headed the construction up to 1597, when it was placed in t...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 24, 2009, 11:12 am
The building of the Church of the Assumption was also financed by Hetman Saghaidachny and the Moldavian noblemen Pavel, Jeremiah and Simon Mogila. This accounts for its second name – Voloshskaya...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 14, 2009, 6:01 am
As I wrote before the Church of the Assumption  was ruled by the Stauropegia Fraternity, one of the strongest and most influencial Orthodox communities. It emerged on the basis of guilds and had many...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 12, 2009, 4:25 am
Contemporaries used to say that Lvov had “few Russians but much of Russia.” All this imbued the Renaissance in Lvov with unique local features. Local artistic traditions which had deep ro...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 5, 2009, 9:27 am
Church of the Assumption (Uspenskaya Tserkov) ensemble a few steps from the Arsenal, which is a masterpiece of 16th century Ukrainian architecture and one of Lvov’s earliest and best monuments o...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 3, 2009, 1:28 pm
Almost opposite to the Powder Tower is another arsenal named Royal (Korolevshy Arsenal) to distinguish it from the Town Arsenal.  Royal Arsenal is located on the podvalnaya 13 st. From 1939 till now...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Aug 2, 2009, 1:37 pm
Of the same “age” as Powder Tower is the Town Arsenal (Gorodshoi Arsenal) – it was built in 1554-1556. Town Arsenal is  Situated further along the podvalnaya street. Arsenal Town is...
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Joss R. posted an article on Lvov Travel Guide - Jul 16, 2009, 5:16 pm
Lvov grew rapidly. The outskirts merged with Lvov proper, the nearby villages were turned into suburbs. Following the partition of Poland in 1772 Eastern Galicia fell to the Austrian Empire. The medie...
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