Old Town of Lviv
Also known as Lviv's Old Town
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (ii).
Region
Europe and North America
Ukraine
Inscribed
1998
List reference
865
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Old Town of Lviv is in Lviv. The nearest other World Heritage site is Old City of Zamość, about 110 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Lviv · about 804,000 peopleat the site
- Drohobych · about 124,000 peopleabout 70 km south-west
- Ivano-Frankivsk · about 241,000 peopleabout 110 km south-east
- Ternopil · about 245,000 peopleabout 120 km east
- Lutsk · about 214,000 peopleabout 140 km north-east
- Rzeszów · about 246,000 peopleabout 150 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PolandCultural112 km away
PolandCultural206 km away
SlovakiaCultural208 km away
Poland, UkraineCultural218 km away
PolandCultural219 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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