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Vul. Kyryla i Mefodiya, 6 – Lviv National Franko University building
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The building was constructed in 1892 according to the project by architects Rizori and Joseph Braunseis for the Franz-Joseph I University. It was designed in Historicist Neo-Renaissance style .Today, Lviv Ivan Franko National University's Chemistry department is located in the premises of this building.
A former convent school, later – a Lviv University building. It was originally built in 18th century, one of the major reconstructions was carried out in 1842 according to design of Fidelis Stadler. It is an example of Neo-Classicism in Lviv. It was built for a Jesuit convent school for young people from noble families. Later it housed military barracks. In 1851 it was transferred to the ownership of Lviv Franz-Joseph I University. Today (2015) it is one of Lviv Ivan Franko National University, it's Biology Department is located here.
Lviv Ivan Franko National University's Physics department is located in the premises of this building. It was constructed in 1911 according to project designed by architect Hryhoriy Pezhanskyi (Grzegorz Peżański) in Historicist Neo-Renaissance style.
The former Galician Sejm building (now the main building of the Lviv National Ivan Franko University) was constructed in 1877-1881 under a project designed by architect Juliusz Hochberger. The monumental Sejm building belongs to the Historicist style influenced by the Vienna Neo-Renaissance architecture of the second half of the 19th century; it is notable for its rich sculpture and ornamental decorations.
Vul. Hrushevskoho, 4 – Lviv National Franko University building
Vul. Kyryla i Mefodiya, 8 – Lviv National Franko University building
Vul. Universytetska, 1 – Lviv Ivan Franko National University main building
Architecture
The building is situated amidst row housing. It was constructed for the needs of Lviv University. Its principal facade faces vul. Kyryla i Mefodiya. The University's botanical garden neighbors the building on the east.
The three-floor building is a brick construction, its walls are plastered. The principal facade shows a symmetrical composition. A slender avant-corps is in its center, which contains five window axes and the main entrance. The first (ground) floor is rusticated. The floors are divided on the facade with cornices. On the second floor the facade is decorated with pilasters which have ionic order capitals, the windows are semicircular here. The facade is topped with an entablature and a Neo-Renaissance pediment. There is a gate which leads to the courtyard on the extreme axis on the left.
The main staircase in the building is richly adorned in Neo-Renaissance style. Polychromy, bass-reliefs, sculptures, decorative metalwork and stained glass are used in its decor.
Organizations
Jan Kazimierz University
The Franz (Francis) I University of Lviv
was reorganized as the Jan Kazimierz University in 1918, after the
Polish-Ukrainian war and the battles for Lviv. During the period, the
University was one of the largest and most significant scientific and cultural
centers of interwar Poland. It was renamed after the beginning of the
Soviet occupation in 1939 into Ivan
Franko State University.
