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Founded in 1390s. It consists of a church, partly saved fortress walls with two north and south-west towers (15th century), a building of monastic cells (17th–19th centuries) and the house of the metropolitan (19th century). Good for a day trip.
Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite is the only lavra of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It is situated in Univ, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast. The monastery is home to the Studite Brethren.
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Ukrainian: Свірж
Sights: Assumption of the Virgin Mary church (костел Успіння Богородиці), 1546, early 17th century., 1770s; Defense tower (ruins), grotto (оборонна башта, грот), 1484, Svirzh castle (Свірж замок), 1484–1660s.
Золочів
Good day trip for visiting: Ascension of Virgin Mary church + cells (костел Вознесіння Діви Марії + келії), 1731–1763; Castle (Золочів замок), 1634–1686; Arsenal (арсенал), 15th century.; Polish cemetery (польський цвинтар).
Ukrainian: Старе Село; Polish: Stare Sioło; literally, "old village"
Castle (Старе Село замок), 1584–1654
Ukrainian: Олесько; Polish: Olesko; Yiddish: אלעסק Alesk
Good day trip. See here: St. Joseph Church and monastic cells of the monastery of capuchins (1838); the Castle, Vulitsa Zamkova, 34 (14-17th centuries); take a walk in the Castle Park (13 ha); right the next is the Capuchin Monastery (1700s); visit the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Vulitsa T. Shevchenka, 59
Ukrainian: Підгірці; Polish: Podhorce
A good day trip to see the Konietspolskikh Castle (замок Конецпольських), 1635–1640; Pidhoretskyi Landscape Park (17 ha); St. Joseph Catholic Church (Костел св. Иосифа), 1765; Plisnesk Archeological Site, 7th–13th centuries; Cells of monastery (Келії Підгорецького монастиря) 18th century, Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos? (Церковь Рождества Богородицы), part of the former Vasylyi Monastery (1180)
Ботанічний сад Львівського національного університету ім. І.Франка (стара частина)
There are 1025 tree and shrub species; 720 natural herbaceous species; 1095 cultural herbaceous species and sorts; 1630 tropical and subtropical species.