All About L’viv

 Rabbi Abraham Kohn (born Jan. 1, 1807, Zaluzan, Bohemia; died at Lemberg, Galicia, Sept. 7, 1848) was a Reform Jew that was the Chief Rabbi of Lemberg, and was poisoned to death. (more…)

On July 29, 1844 Memorial services, with performances of Mozart’s Requiem were held in Salzburg, Vienna and Lemberg (L’viv/Lwow/Lvov).

The Memorial services, with performances of Mozart’s Requiem were held in memory of Franz Xavier Mozart Jr. in Salzburg, Vienna and Lemberg (L’viv/Lwow/Lvov) who spent most of his time in this city. (more…)

In the east of Poland Lemberg still refuses to give up for the swedes and so Charles XII takes personal ownership of 3 dragoon regiments and take the city in just 15 minutes… (more…)

Jesuit Cahedral is an example of Lviv Baroque style and was erected at the time when the Jesuit Order was consolidating its position in the Western Ukraine. (more…)

Today’s building of L’viv State University was erected as Seim (Parliament) of Galicia and Lodomeria. The standing statue on the top symbolizes Austria, and the two sitting statues at either side symbolize the two main rivers of old Galicia - Dnister and Visla.

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