Old Town (Lviv)
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| Old Town (Lviv) | |
| Location | Ukraine |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | L’viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre |
| UNESCO State Party | Ukraine |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, v |
| UNESCO Site ID | 865 |
| Year of Listing | 1998 |
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Old Town (Lviv)
Lviv's Old Town (; ) is the historic centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, of Lviv Oblast.
Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage". On December 05, 1998, during the 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto ( Japan), Lviv was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The UNESCO gave the following reasonsL'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre, UNESCO - World Heritage. URL Accessed: 30 October 2006 for its selection:
The territory of the Lviv Historic Centre Ensemble covers 120 ha of the Old Russ and Medieval part of the city, as well as the territory of the St. George’s Cathedral on the St. George’s Hill. The buffer area of the Historic Centre, which is defined by the historic area bounds, is approximately 3,000 ha. Lviv in UNESCO, www.lviv.ua. URL Accessed: 23 December 2008
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es:Centro histórico de Lviv pl:Stare Miasto we Lwowie ru:Исторический центр Львова uk:Ансамбль історичного центру Львова vi:Trung tâm lịch sử Lviv
