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Lontsky Prison Museum
A former prison where Polish, Soviet and Nazi regimes held and killed political prisoners, now a memorial museum.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Open
- Closed Mondays
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Stepana Bandery Street 1, LvivDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes' walk west of the old town.
Why Go
Built in the 1890s, the prison was used by each regime that ruled Lviv. In June 1941 the Soviet secret police shot thousands of prisoners here before retreating. Its cells and corridors now tell their story.
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