National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Cemeteries" in Lviv

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Memorial cemetery in Lviv was opened in 1786. Here are 86 poll. the total square of the territory is 40 hectares Museum-reserve has multiple inputs and outputs, but the main entrance of the cemetery is located on the Mechnikov str, 33, opposite the end of Baker street.

In the cemetery have been preserved 24 chapel - tomb of the rich, mainly noble families.

The funerals of famous people, famous, the richest, figures of culture, art, science and all political and administrative elite of the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia. The first burials were made on the territory of modern fields 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, which survived and old tombstones dated R. In the beginning of the 16th century there existed a cemetery for the underprivileged. Now it is a Museum on the square, which exceeds 42 hectares, and the vault, which lies more than 400 thousand people. On its territory there are sculptures and architectural buildings of the famous masters: Hartman Witwer, brothers Shimzeriv, Paul Eval, Gper be, Umanovska, Nevelskogo, Gruzaviki, Slavyanka, JI and others. Masterpieces that came from cutter, decorate the graves of persons of different nationalities : Ukrainians, poles, Austrians, Germans, Armenians and many others who were representatives of all known Christian rites - Catholics, Greek Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and others In the field №76 erected a memorial to soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician army. The cemetery has received the status of a Museum on 25 November 1991.