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Armenian Cathedral
A 14th-century cathedral in a hidden courtyard, its walls glowing with murals of the 1920s.
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- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Virmenska Street 7, LvivDirections
- Getting There
- A few minutes' walk north of Rynok Square.
Why Go
Armenian merchants built the cathedral from 1356 to 1363, at the heart of a quarter they had settled. Its dim interior was painted in the 1920s by Jan Henryk Rosen in shades of gold and green, and the old courtyard around it is one of the quietest corners of the city.
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