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.
The Lviv
State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater was built in 1897–1900 under a project designed by
architect Zygmunt Gorgolewski.
The building is erected in historicist style and influenced by the
so-called
Vienna Neo-Renaissance. The monumental theater
building has
occupied a key position in the architectural ensemble of the city's main avenue
created in the late 19th – early 20th century.
Vul. Mykhaila Hrushevskoho, 4 – Lviv National Franko University building
Prosp. Svobody, 28 – Lviv Opera house
Vul. Lysenka, 31 – Lviv Region Children Clinic (former sanatorium)
Organizations
Jan Kazimierz University (Uniwersytet Jana Kazimierza)
The Franz (Francis) I University of Lviv
was reorganized as the Jan Kazimierz University in 1918, after the
Polish-Ukrainian war and the battles for Lviv. During the period, the
University was one of the largest and most significant scientific and cultural
centers of interwar Poland. It was renamed after the beginning of the
Soviet occupation in 1939 into Ivan
Franko State University.