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    Vul. Hrushevskoho, 4 – Lviv National Franko University building ID: 316

    A former convent school, later — a Lviv University building. It was originally built in 18th century, one of the major reconstructions was carried out in 1842 according to design of Fidelis Stadler. It is an example of Neo-Classicism in Lviv. It was built for a Jesuit convent school for young people from noble families. Later it housed military barracks. In 1851 it was transferred to the ownership of Lviv Franz-Joseph I University. Today (2015) it is one of Lviv Ivan Franko National University, it's Biology Department is located here.

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    Architecture

    The building is located on a slope, at a corner parcel next to the building of the former catholic church dedicated to st. Nicholas. Its principal facade faces vul. Hrushevskoho, a lateral one faces vul. Kyryla i Mefodiya. University's botanical garden, planted in 1851 on the grounds of former Trinitarian order monastery grounds, is situated behind the building

    The three-floor building is a brick construction, it has an internal courtyard, its walls are plastered. Its plan has a square shape, and a corridor planning structure is used.

    Facade is topped with a cornice. The facade wall has almost no decorative features. There is also a cornice that separates the level of the first (ground) floor. Windows have simple profiled trimmings.

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    People

    Стефан Ґрабінський – Польський письменник-фантаст, творець знаменитого циклу залізничних новел "Демон руху" ("Demon ruchu"). Автор новаторської концепції літературної фантастики, названої метафантастикою.
    Adolf Beck – Professor, doctor of physiology.
    Yevhen Olesnytskyi – Leading Galician politician of Ukrainian (Ruthenian) origin, advocate, economist, journalist and translator.
    Leon Szajowicz – Lawyer, enterpreneur.
    Ян Болоз-Антоневич – Історик мистецтва і літератури, дослідник польського мистецтва, педагог, колекціонер.
    Цецилія Кляфтен – Педагогиня, громадська діячка.
    Wacław Moraczewski – Physician, teacher and rector of the Academy of Veterinary Medicine.
    Florian Ziemiałkowski – Polish politician and Austrian statesman, President of Lviv, lawyer. 
    Władysław Stesłowicz – Polish politician, public figure, economist.  Government commisioner of Lviv in 1918-1919.
    Антоній Ломніцький – математик, проректор Львівської Політехніки, представник т. зв. "Львівської математичної школи".
    Францішек Ґроєр – Лікар-педіатр, педагог, професор університету ім. Яна Казимира у Львові, директор Інституту Матері та Дитини у Варшаві.
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    Denys Lukiyanovych – Ukrainian writer and pedagogist.
    Mykhaylo Vozniak (1881–1954) – Ukrainian literary scholar.
    Казимир Бартель – Педагог, професор архітектури у Львівській політехніці, політичний діяч.
    Józef Bilczewski – Józef Bilczewski was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv in 1900–1923, a professor and rector of Lviv University, a member (so-called virilist) of the Galician Diet. In 2005 he was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. 
    Єжи Гжендзєльський – Польський лікар-окуліст, доцент офтальмологічної клініки університету ім. Яна Казимира у Львові.
    Yulian Lavrivskyi – Ukrainian political and cultural figure, judge, Galician Diet member and its vice-marshal, member of the Ruthenian Congress, Congress of Ruthenian Scholars, organizer of the Ruska Besida society and its theater, head of the Prosvita.
    Вітольд Новіцький – Лікар, педагог, професор, завідувач кафедри патологічної анатомії (1919-41), декан медичного факультету (1923-1924, 1939).
    Станіслав Левандовський – Скульптор, мистецький критик, публіцист.
    Юрій Полянський – Географ, геолог, військовий Української галицької армії, діяч Української віськової адміністрації та Українського таємного університету. Із 30 червня до 15 вересня 1941 року — бургомістр Львова.
    Raphael Lemkin – Rafał (Raphael) Lemkin (1900-1959) is by now the most prominent Polish lawyer of the 20th century, widely known for his investment in conceiving the linguistic and legal terms appropriate for what due to his efforts has become common currency under the expression genocide.
    Hersch Lauterpacht – Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (1897­–1960) is considered one of the most influential international legalists of the twentieth century, if not the founder of modern international law, due to his remarkable contributions to the foundation of the international protection of human rights after 1945.
    Ґеорґ Брандес – Візит данського літератора до Львова у 1898 році

    Organizations

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    • Habsburg University

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    • Jan Kazimierz University (Uniwersytet Jana Kazimierza)

      Jan Kazimierz University (Uniwersytet Jana Kazimierza)

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    Sources

    The entry was developed within the project "Galiciana", 2001-2002

    Citation

    Ihor Zhuk. "Vul. Hrushevskoho, 4 – Lviv National Franko University building". Lviv Interactive (Center for Urban History, 2026). URL: https://lia.lvivcenter.org/en/objects/hrushevskoho-4/

    Author: Ihor Zhuk

    Ihor Zhuk. "Vul. Hrushevskoho, 4 – Lviv National Franko University building". Lviv Interactive (Center for Urban History, 2009). URL: https://lia.lvivcenter.org/en/objects/hrushevskoho-4/