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[[File:Bandera monument.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Monument to Nazi-collaborator Stepan Bandera unveiled in 2007 in Lviv.]]
[[File:Bandera monument.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Monument to Nazi-collaborator Stepan Bandera unveiled in 2007 in Lviv.]]
'''L'viv''' (''Polish: Lvov; German: Lemberg'') is a city in the west of [[Ukraine]] and has a population of 728,350 (2016).
'''L'viv''' (''Polish: Lvov; German: Lemberg'') is a city in the west of [[Ukraine]] and has a population of 728,350 (2016).
Lviv became part of Ukraine when taken by the Ukrainians from [[Austria]] in November 1918 with the creation of the West-Ukrainian People’s Republic and the unification with Great Ukraine. But Lviv became Polish from 1919 to 1939 and Polish culture via immigration put a Polish stamp forever on Lviv that remains strong today. In September 1939, as a result of [[collusion]] between [[Stalin]] and [[Nazi Germany]], Lviv became a part of the [[Soviet]] empire and with Ukraine being a USSR member republic it was returned to Ukraine under the terms of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]].
== Historic Centre ==
== Historic Centre ==
The city of L'viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865</ref>
The city of L'viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. Lviv City is situated on the crossing of two profitable ancient trade routes. It developed and flourished rapidly and became one of the main trade centers of medieval Europe. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865</ref>
It is a beautiful city full of the architecture of many influences including Austrian, Ukrainian and Polish since at various times in history all three laid claim to Lviv.
== See also ==
== See also ==