Середмістя

Середмістя is a suburb in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast. Середмістя is situated nearby to the suburb Високий Замок, as well as near the neighborhood Хорущина.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Armenian Church and Pharmacy Museum.

Armenian Church

Church

Photo: Lestath, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Lviv, Ukraine is located in the city's Old Town, north of the market square. Until 1945 it was the cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv.

Pharmacy Museum

Museum

Photo: Nick Grapsy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Pharmacy Museum in Lviv, Ukraine, was opened in 1966 in the building of an old drugstore at the corner of the Market Square. It is the working drugstore and museum, the oldest of the existing pharmacies in Lviv.

Koriniakt Palace (The Royal Town House)

Museum

Photo: Russianname, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Korniakt Palace on Market Square in Lviv is a prime example of the royal kamienica, or townhouse. The fabric of the palace is of various dates. It was originally built by Polish architect Piotr Barbon for merchant Konstanty Korniakt, a champion of Greek Orthodoxy and co-founder of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lviv and Tsytadel.

Lviv

Photo: Johnny, CC BY 2.5.

Lviv is in Western Ukraine and used to be the capital of East Galicia. It's the biggest city of the region and a major Ukrainian cultural centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List.