Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Lviv, Ukraine

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 8.3 km
Ascend 189 m
Descend 209 m

Explore Lviv in Ukraine with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LvivIndividual Sights in Lviv

Sight 1: Михайлові Грушевському

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The monument to Mykhailo Hrushevsky in Lviv is a monument to the Ukrainian historian, politician and public figure Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky. It is located in the central part of the city on Shevchenko Avenue.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Михайлові Грушевському (Львів) (UK)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Львівський театр естрадних мініатюр „І ЛЮДИ, І ЛЯЛЬКИ”

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Lviv Academic Theater "Both People and Dolls" is a puppet theater in the city of Lviv.

Wikipedia: І люди, і ляльки (UK), Website

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Volodymyr Ivasyuk

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Volodymyr Ivasyuk Веренко Я. Г. / Cc-by-sa-1.0

The Monument to Volodymyr Ivasiuk in Lviv is a monument erected on Shevchenko Avenue in Lviv on December 20, 2011.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Володимирові Івасюку (Львів) (UK)

395 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Бернарденгарден

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Бернарденгарден Крис / CC BY 2.5

Bernardengarden is a garden (square) in the central part of Lviv, near the former Bernardine Monastery. Originating as a monastery garden, it is the only green space in the area that was once bounded by the city walls. It is located in an area protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Wikipedia: Бернарденгарден (UK)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Hlyniany Gate

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Hlyniany Gate is the focal point of the few remaining fortifications in Lviv, Ukraine. It was built in 1618 in the late Renaissance era in Lviv, by Fryderyk Getkant. The designs were created in order to defend the approach from Hlyniany and to defend the part of Lviv from Western European armies. The outer moat and the wooden galleries on the inside are the upshot of a 1970s reconstruction. After you get through the gate, you will reach the Bernardine Monastery, which was built in the 19th century to be defended by the Gate.

Wikipedia: Hlyniany Gate (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Бернардинський костел Св. Андрія Первозванного

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The Bernardine church and monastery in Lviv, Ukraine, is located in the city's Old Town, south of the market square. It was designed by Paolo Dominici. The monastery along with the Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew, today the Greek Catholic church of St. Andrew, now belong to the Order of St. Basil the Great.

Wikipedia: Bernardine Church, Lviv (EN)

345 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Johann Georg Pinzel Sculpture Museum

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The Pinzel Museum is a museum of sacred baroque sculpture by Johann-Georg Pinsel, opened in 1996 in Lviv in the premises of the former Church of the Clares. The museum houses works of art, including sculptures by Pinsel.

Wikipedia: Музей сакральної барокової скульптури Пінзеля (UK)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Палац Сєменських-Левицьких

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The Siemansky-Levytsky Palace is an architectural monument of local importance, located in Lviv at 19 Pekarska Street.

Wikipedia: Палац Сєменських-Левицьких (UK)

546 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Костел св. Лаврентія

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The Church of St. Lawrence, the monastery and the hospital of the Bonifrats is a complex of sacred buildings in Lviv, on Lychakivska Street. Now they are used as a military hospital.

Wikipedia: Шпиталь боніфратрів (UK)

947 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 10: Ботанічний сад Львівського медичного університету

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The Botanical Garden of Lviv Medical University is an educational and research institution at Lviv Medical University, a natural monument. The garden is located at 73 Pekarska Street.

Wikipedia: Ботанічний сад Львівського медичного університету (UK)

486 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Marsove pole (Field of Mars)

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Lychakiv Military Cemetery is a Soviet war memorial in Lviv. It is located on Mechnikova Street, adjacent to the Lychakiv Cemetery on the north side.

Wikipedia: Марсове поле (Львів) (UK)

793 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 12: Тарасу Шевченку

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The first monument to Taras Shevchenko in Lviv was erected in the courtyard of secondary school No. 63.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку (Личаків) (UK)

1149 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Skansen of Folk Architecture and Rural Life „Shevchenkivskyi Hai“

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Skansen of Folk Architecture and Rural Life „Shevchenkivskyi Hai“

The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life named after Klimenty Sheptytsky - Skansen, Open Sky Museum in Lviv.

Wikipedia: Шевченківський гай (UK), Website

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: OAK - Kozak's boat, Horyn' River, Orzhiv village

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Dub is a cargo sailing ship of the Cossacks for coastal navigation.

Wikipedia: Дуб (судно) (UK)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Регіональний ландшафтний парк «Знесіння»

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Znesinnya Regional Landscape Park is the largest park in Lviv, Ukraine. It is located in the north-east part of the city and reachable within a 20-minute walk from the Ratusha and the Rynok Square. Together with the Vysokyi Zamok the hills of Park Znesinnya from Lviv's distinctive city skyline, known from drawings going back to the 16th century.

Wikipedia: Znesinnia Regional Landscape Park (EN)

1877 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 16: Церква святого Іллі

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The Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah is a Greek Catholic church in Lviv in the area of Kryvchytsi at 113 Kryvchytska Road. The circumstances and date of construction have not been clarified in detail.

Wikipedia: Церква святого Іллі (Львів) (UK)

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