Львівщина

In the late XIX – early XX centuries while integrating gardens and green spaces into residential area spaces the city of Lviv managed to form a complex system of outdoor intra-block and inter-block gardens as well as villa and detached housing areas.In 1870-1890 the urban planning solution of south-western districts of Lviv, in particular, Kastelivka in Novyi Svit area, was launched with the construction of villas and detached houses which appeared to be the first ever attempt in Lviv to arrange a large complex residential area.

The article describes the urban development of  Lviv in the historical context, the place and the role of garden art objects and landscape architecture in the development of which the famous City Gardener and the Inspector of  Urban Spaces Arnold Rӧhring was involved at the turn of the XIX - XXth centuries, namely Kilinskyj park(now Stryjskyj park), Hetmanski Valy , Zalizna Voda park etc.

The models of architectural representation of multiculturalism related with the revival of historical myths about the “Polish” and “Jewish” Lviv are presented in the article.