Lviv, the 'Little Paris'

The city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine is perhaps the best example of the stark differences between the country's main centres.




Its ancient streets give the city a feeling of being an historic and popular spot in Western Europe. It is not surprising that Lviv is often referred to as the 'Little Paris of the East'.




Many of the old buildings and monuments date back to the 13th century, reflecting various European styles and periods.




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[noortik]

Relax you all. Lviv is European city like it always was. now its Ukraine. not polish not austrian and save Lord not russia. ITS UKRAINIAN city!!!! with austrian and polish ,italian architecture.

[MrVois]

@Armill32 I don't want to play historian , but I give you one number-482,000 ukrainians were resettled from Lemkivshchyna,Posiannia, Pidliashia and Holmshchyna during the bloody Visla operation in order to outnumber ukrainian population on so called 'polish lands'....But we already left that behind even though this is one of the black pages of ukrainian history and there took place a fact of historical misappropriation of other's land ...so next time. think twice before misguiding other's...

[xblackdavepl]

Yep, Lviv is ukrainian.

LWÓW NA ZAWSZE POLSKI !

[YurBvids]

Dear friends... I'm talking to both Polish and Ukrainians... Please, think more of present and future than the past... We're yet too close from the horrible events of the past for that past to be able to give us any benefit in today's need of sustaining peace, justice and cultural growth all over the world. We'll hopefully learn from the past, but give each other time to do that. At the end, we're all equal, i believe.

[lvivoleg20]

Peremyshl is ukranian town

[MrThorn88]

@rakuuu85 Lviv is Ukrainian and always had been:))...Ok I'm just kidding;))Lwów zawsze polski!!:)

[MrThorn88]

@samsam1706 I proved all what u said wrong.I just call ppl by their words here,if they say stupid things I call them stupid.I don't care what degree u have.Ur degree doesn't change the fact u r stupid.Humanity is dying faster since idiots started to obtain degrees.Who am I? I'm just smat one showing you that u r wrong.

[MrThorn88]

@samsam1706 First of all King casimir inherited and he was the only lawful owner of the city and region.I learn the history,u just shreds of it.

[rakuuu85]

@samsam1706 you want to be part of UE and NATO? Its only via Warsaw. Todays ukrainians, but 100 years ago, there was no such a term like Ukrainians. Its high time to face reality, either you split from Kiev and we remake Rzeczypospolita, or you stay where you stay, and with ur demography, emigration and AIDS, in the next 30-40 years Lwow will be a ghost town. Not to mention that civil war may errupt. Ukraine has no hope, besides it cant be a normal state, out of the land robed from others

[samsam1706]

@rakuuu85 Yes, Lviv was part of Poland then Austria-Hungary. Yes, the modern city bears significant traces of Polish, Austrian and Jewish culture In a similar way St Petersburg looks like Western European city since it was built mainly by Italian and French architects. However most of Lviv inhabitants nowadays consider themselves as Ukrainians They hate our corrupt government but nevertheless remain patriots of Ukraine So the city will never be Polish. But you are always welcome here!

[rakuuu85]

@samsam1706 history and physics its the same scince. So what that Lwow was founded by Danil, if for next 700 years it was ours? Do you think at that time it was vacuum? Rome was founded by Greeks, and NY by Indians. Times go by, and Lwow since that time became second after Warsaw city for us, which defended from Chmielnicki, tsar, Tatars,Turks and in 1919 guess from who? I am not saying that you are poor, but todays inhabitants of Lwow are poorer to those pre-1939, which is a shame.

[samsam1706]

@MrThorn88 You write anonymously. However that does not give you the right to abuse people. By calling me "idiot" and "uneducated moron" you demonstrate your bad education and very low intelligence level. This "uneducated moron" (as you said) obtained PhD degree in theoretical physics from the top European university (ENS in Paris, France) and has been working since in world-leading research institutions. And who the fuck are you to call me like that?