Lviv Market Square - the central square of Lviv, a city founded in 1356 by Casimir III the Great under the Magdeburg Law. The square is rectangular in shape and measures 142 x 129 meters. Two streets emerge from each corner of the square. Thus, it is similar to the Warsaw and Wroclaw squares, and different from the Poznań and Cracow squares. The central part of the square was occupied by a mid-market block, the southern wall of which was the City Hall. After the Town Hall tower collapsed in 1825, the entire block was demolished and a new Town Hall was erected. Around the Market Square rise 44 townhouses displaying all styles from Renaissance to Modernism. In the four corners of the Market Square are wells-fountains from the early 19th century chiseled probably by Hartman Witwer or Schimser. They depict mythological figures: Neptune, Diana, Amphitrite, Adonis. In front of the City Hall there was a pillory where sentences were carried out. The statue standing on top of it is now in the Royal Tenement House. In 1998 the Market Square, along with the entire Old Town, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dimensions: 245 x 180 mm (gouache), 400 x 300 mm (framed)
