All articles about Rynok Sq.

The Ethnography And Folk Craft Museum

The Ethnography And Folk Craft MuseumThe Ethnography and Folk Crafts Museum at the Institute of Ethnology at the National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences was founded in 951 following the merge of two large Lviv museum centers City Industrial Museum, founded in 1874, and T. Shevchenko Scholarly Society Museum (1895). (more…)

Black Stone House

Black Stone HouseIt is famous for its stones, grown dark with age. Its construction was started in 1588, three years after Italian (Venice) Patio was built next to Black Stone House by architect Peter of Barbone for Greek merchant, Constantine Kornyakt. (more…)

Italian Patio

Italian PatioIs one of the finest Renaissance monuments in Ukraine. This house was built in 1580 by architect Peter of Barbone for Greek merchant, Constantine Kornyakt, one of Lviv’s richest and most educated man. (more…)