
Stepan Bandera Street (Ukr. – вулиця
Степана Бандери) is one of the main streets of
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...
, Ukraine. It is located on the border of
Halych
Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...
and
Frankivsk districts of Lviv. Bandera Street connects
Kopernika and
Horodotska streets. It is the border of the historical place
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...
.
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Architecture
The buildings of the street dates back to the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The prevailing architectural styles are secession and eclecticism. The most famous building located on this street is the complex of buildings of
Lviv Polytechnic
Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...
National University, including the main building. The university building was opened in 1877, designed under the supervision of
Julian Zakharevich, with sculptural decoration by
Leonard Marconi
Leonard Marconi ( Warsaw, 6 October 1835 – 1 April 1899, Lviv) was a Polish and Austro-Hungarian architect and sculptor. He was active chiefly at Warsaw, then in Galicia, notably at Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).
Life
Leonard Marconi was born on 6 ...
, and interior paintings by
Jan Matejko
Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oil ...
.
Name
Throughout history, the street's name changed several times. The first name, during 1840–1886, was 'New world'. It was named Bandera in 1992, after the
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
far-right leader
Stepan Bandera
Stepan Andriyovych Bandera ( uk, Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, Stepán Andríyovych Bandéra, ; pl, Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical, ter ...
.
Gallery
File:Bandery 2.JPG, Bandera St. 2
File:Львів, адміністративний будинок, Бандери С. 3.jpg, Bandera St. 3
File:5 Bandery Street, Lviv (01).jpg, Bandera St. 5
File:46-101-0037 SAM 9599.jpg, Bandera St. 6
File:20 Bandery Street, Lviv (05).jpg, Bandera St. 20
File:Lviv Bandery 24 RB.jpg, Bandera St. 24
File:31 Bandery Street, Lviv (06).jpg, Bandera St. 31
File:69 Bandery Street, Lviv.jpg, Bandera St. 69
File:91 Bandery Street, Lviv (01).jpg, Bandera St. 91
Sources
* Архітектура Львова: Час і стилі. XIII—XXI ст / М. Бевз, Ю. Бірюльов, Ю. Богданова, В. Дідик, У. Іваночко, Т. Клименюк та інші. — Львів : Центр Європи, 2008. — 720 с. — ISBN 978-966-7022-77-8.
* Енциклопедія Львова (За редакцією А. Козицького та І. Підкови) — Львів : Літопис, 2007—2010. — Т. 1—3.
* Ілько Лемко, Михалик В., Бегляров Г. Бандери вул. // 1243 вулиці Львова (1939—2009). — Львів : Апріорі, 2009. — С. 78—80. — ISBN 978-966-2154-24-5.
* Мельник І. В. Широка—Коперника. Вулиця Коперника // Галицьке передмістя та південно-східні околиці королівського столичного міста Львова. — Львів : Апріорі, 2012. — С. 56–58. — (Львівські вулиці і кам'яниці) — ISBN 978-617-629-076-6.
References
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Streets of Lviv