The town hall
A 65-metre tower.
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Market Square is the central square of Lviv, in western Ukraine, and the heart of its old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. Colourful historic houses ring it, and the town hall with its tall tower stands in the middle. The square was laid out in the mid-14th century, when the Polish king Casimir III founded the new city. It is rectangular, about 142 by 129 metres, with two streets leaving each corner. The town hall tower burned in 1825, and a new hall with a 65-metre tower was built in 1835. Around it stand 44 houses in styles from Renaissance to Modernism. You see cobbles crossed by tram tracks, and yellow, pink and orange facades with decorated windows. In the four corners stand fountains from 1793 topped with figures from Greek myth, and from above the red and green roofs press together. It is in central Lviv and free to enter. The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Lviv region, and opening can change at short notice, so read the current advice before you plan.
A 65-metre tower.
In the corners.
Colourful.
Old town centre, Lviv, Ukraine
In the mid-14th century.
Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Lviv region.
