Lubomirski Palace

The Lviv palace of Prince Stanisław Lubomirski was built in the 1760s to Jan de Witte's design on the site of several older houses (one of which had been the property of Szymon Szymonowic). The palace's main façade, featuring decoration by Sebastian Vessinger, is on Market Square. The two other fronts are considerably less conspicuous.

Between 1771 and 1821, the Lubomirski Palace served as the residence for the Austrian governors of Galicia. It was purchased by a Ukrainian organization, Prosvita, in the 19th century and subsequently became a hotbed of nationalist activities. It was there that Yaroslav Stetsko proclaimed Ukraine's independence several days after Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.

Next door to the Lubomirski Palace is the former palace of the Roman Catholic archbishops, where King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki died in 1673.

Text adapted from “Lubomirski Palace, Lviv” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lubomirski Palace ranks #3,097 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #52 of the 188 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1765, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,036 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.

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