Zygmunt Gorgolewski
Zygmunt Gorgolewski - main architect of the Opera House (Grand Theatre) (1897–1900). To avoid being accused of using his well-established position in society, Gorgolewski prepared his winning project of the theatre in secret and then sent it under a false name from Leipzig.
Zygmunt Gorgolewski died July 5, 1903 in Lviv and was buried in the Lyczakiv Cemetery. (more…)
L’viv Opera House built by Zygmunt Gorgolewski in L’viv on built atop a marshy area through which the Poltva River flowed. It was the first time in Europe that solid concrete slabs were used in laying a foundation. L’viv Opera and Ballet Theatre - was constructed in 1897-1900 in the Viennese neo-Renaissance style. 