Lviv, Lwów, Lemberg, Lvov, Leopolis…only the name of this city wakes imagination and inspires everyone. It is a city with an outstanding cultural heritage and a blazing arts scene; it is a pure ‘city of culture’. Only few places can be compared with the open-air museum and one of those few is Lviv.

Lviv is a jewel of architecture and sculpture, it harmoniously combines past and present in traditions and architecture. More then 55% of all Ukrainian monuments are located in Lviv. It is a special blend of Gothic and Baroque, Renaissance and Romanesque, Rococo and Empire, modern eclecticism and constructivism. Great influence on culture and architecture of the city made Austria-Hungarian Empire and Poland. Rich magnates and patrons of XVI-XVII centuries invited talented artists from all over Europe that created a unique architectural gem. Numerous amounts of artists breathed in Lviv’s inspirational air. Polish, Ukrainian, Jewish, Armenian, German, Italian and even Scottish names of cultural and religious figures appear in Lviv's cosmopolitan history. Such a great world-wide known artists lived and created here: Salomija Krushelnytska, Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Hrushevskiy, Maria Konopnytska, Oleksa Novakivskiy, Alexander Fredr, Bruno Shults, Johan G. Pinzel, Leopold von Zacher-Masoh, Stanislav Lemm, Joseph Roth and lots of other captivating names.

Nowadays, just as 750 years before, it is a multicultural city that keeps history of all the nations, that lived here from its very beginning, in its streets’ architecture, in its culture and simple in its air. Lviv has been proclaimed as a cultural capital of Ukraine on the 28th April 2009. Such a honorable award is given to the city mostly because it is known as a center of artistic, literary, musical and theatrical arts. Indisputable evidence of the cultural wealth is a large number of theaters, concert halls, art associations, as well as numerous art events here. Temples, murals, paintings, traditions, holidays, festivals – all these are legacy of the past and present creatures, that can be felt only in Lviv. The city is the number 1 tourist destination all over Ukraine.

To feel the charming spirit of the city of Lions and taste passion of Galicia of you should walk through the narrow streets of Old Town, around Market Square, dream in one of the cafes and see the city from the High Castle Mountain. And then, after unhurried acquaintance with the pearl of Western Ukraine you will feel Middle Ages mysticism and a part of all these multicultural diversity somewhere deep in your soul…