Culture
| Lviv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre * | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, v |
| Reference | 865 |
| Region ** | Europe |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1998 |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Lviv's historic centre has been on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list since 1998. UNESCO gave the following reasons for its selection:
Criterion II: In its urban fabric and its architecture, Lviv is an outstanding example of the fusion of the architectural and artistic traditions of central and eastern Europe with those of Italy and Germany. Criterion V: The political and commercial role of Lviv attracted to it a number of ethnic groups with different cultural and religious traditions, who established separate yet interdependent communities within the city, evidence for which is still discernible in the modern town's landscape.Read more about this topic: Lviv
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