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Lviv's Old Town is the historic centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, of Lviv Oblast.
Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage". On December
05, 1998, during the 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto (Japan), Lviv was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The UNESCO gave the following reasons for its selection:
- Criterion ii: In its urban fabric and its architecture, Lviv is an
outstanding example of the fusion of the architectural and artistic
traditions of eastern Europe with those of Italy and Germany.
- Criterion v: The political and commercial role of Lviv attracted
to it a number of ethnic groups with different cultural and religious
traditions, who established separate yet interdependent communities
within the city, evidence for which is still discernible in the modern
townscape.
The territory of the Lviv Historic Centre Ensemble covers 120 ha of
the Old Russ and Medieval part of the city, as well as the territory of
the St. George’s Cathedral
on the St. George’s Hill. The buffer area of the Historic Centre, which
is defined by the historic area bounds, is approximately 3,000 ha. |
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