Vul. Vynnychenka, 18 – building of the Lviv Regional State Administration ID: 292
Former Governor's Office (1878-1880, architects Felix Księżarski, Sylvester Havryshkevych). The building's style is historicism (Neo-Renaissance). A monumental architectural structure located on the eastern edge of the old town, on the former Governor's Ramparts. It occupies a corner plot, with its northern façade facing Prosvity Street. Today (2009) it is the building of the Lviv Regional State Administration.
Architecture
The building is rectangular in plan, with an enclosed inner courtyard, four stories high, brick, plastered, and topped with a mansard roof. The facades are divided vertically by pilasters and horizontally by cornices, rusticated, and symmetrical. On the main façade, the central axis is accentuated by a second-floor balcony supported by four columns flanking the main entrance. The windows are rectangular in shape and framed. The stucco decorations are by Leonard Marconi.
The interior layout is based on a corridor-and-office system. The interior is dominated by the main staircase (architect S. Havryshkevych, sculptor L. Marconi). The building is an example of the architectural design of a large administrative building from the second half of the 19th century.
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Vul. Vynnychenka 14-16 – building of the Lviv Regional State Administration
