Theme Week Ukraine – Lviv, Little Paris of the East

30 August 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Opera House © Jan Mehlich/cc-by-sa-2.5

Opera House © Jan Mehlich/cc-by-sa-2.5

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine and the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast. Formerly capital of the historical region of Galicia, Lviv is now regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today’s Ukraine. The historical heart of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived Soviet and Nazi occupation during World War II largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as Lviv University and Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also a home to many world-class cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the famous Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary with a son et lumière in the city centre in September 2006.   read more…

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