źvov - strucna historia
Cosmopolitan Lviv is the capital of western Ukraine.
Until 1939 it had never been ruled from Moscow, and it was here that Ukrainian nationalism re-emerged
in the late 1980s. Having escaped the urban devastation of WWII, Lviv is a living museum of Western architecture
from the Gothic to the present.
Just east of the modern downtown is Old Town, centred on the broad ploshcha Rynok,
once the hub of Lviv and still the best preserved urban square in Ukraine.
At its heart is the 19th century town hall, and around the perimeter are beautiful 16th to 18th century buildings
with ornate stone carvings.
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