This article considers the evolution of the townscape of Lviv in connection with natural landscape,civil buildings and housing during the 13th – 18thcentury.
[1] The first written reference to Lviv in the Halych-Volyn Chronicles dates back to 1256. Today Lviv has a population of 760000 and is the administrative centre of the Lviv region (“oblast”), important industrial, transport and cultural centre.
[2] The view of the primeval urban core of Lviv during the days of Halych-Volyn Principality is described according to:
Ivan Krypiakevych Istorychni prokhodyp o Lvovi. – Lviv, 1932. New edition 1991. – P. 13.
[3] Ibidem. – P. 22.
[4] Trehubova T. O., Mykh R. M. Lviv. Arhitekturno-istorychnyj narys. – Kyiv, 1989. – P. 45–51.
[5] In the second half of the 14th century Lviv and suburban areas were incorporated into the Polish Kingdom. In 1356 the Lviv took on the Magdeburg Law.
[6] This hypothesis was published by Andriy Rudnytskyy in: Istoria Lvova // under red. V. V. Sekretariuk. – K., 1986. – P. 21.
[7] According to researches by TetianaTrehubova see note 4.
[8] Istoria Lvova v dokumentach i materialach. – K., 1986. – P. 61–69.
[9] Katalog hraviur 17–20 st. (Architektura Lvova). – Kyiv, 1989.
[10] Vujcyk V. S. Derzhavnyj istoryko-architekturnyj zapovidnyk u Lvovi. – Lviv, 1991. – Vydannia druhe. – P. 15.
[11] Ibidem. – P. 30.
[12] Trehubova T. O., Mych R. M. …… p. 51.
[13] After the Church Union of Brest was endorsed (in 1596) the Greek Catholic (the Uniate) Church was formed. Ukrainian people were divided into Orthodox and Uniates.
[14] Today 45 houses are located on the Market Square.
[15] Houses beyond Lviv’s walls, perhaps, were built already in the 16th c. and the end of the 18th c. built up.