Beautiful Lviv

For hundreds of years it was inhabited by representatives of many nations, religions and cultures. Ukrainians, Poles, Germans, Armenians, Wallachians, Karaims and Jews; Roman and Greek Catholics, followers of the Orthodox and Mosaic religions, representatives of the East and West. The harmonious coexistence of these nations for centuries shaped the history of the Lion’s Castle, created its beauty and unique atmosphere, leaving a huge number of priceless monuments of architecture and art. Despite the vicissitudes of fate experiencing the city, many of them have survived to our time.

The exhibition features dozens of paintings and prints depicting the appearance and life of the city and its inhabitants, created from the 17th to the 20th century.

Particularly noteworthy are works by Karol Auer and Antoni Lange, a copperplate engraving by Abraham Hogenberg from 1618, a landscape of Lviv by Erno Erba, and the impressive Panorama of Eighteenth-Century Lviv, by Zygmunt Rozwadowski and Stanislaw Janowski (over 8 meters wide). In addition, handicrafts and militaria created by Lviv handicraftsmen were exhibited.

The organizers of the exhibition intended it to be an incentive for visitors to personally visit Lviv and experience its beauty.