Name: Rynok Square
Address: Rynok Square, Lviv, 79008, Lviv, 79008, UA

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Rynok Square is Lviv’s central historic market square, with Lviv City Hall at its center and buildings ranging from Renaissance to Modernism.

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Rynok Square — Square lined with ornate townhouses, café terraces and market stalls

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Rynok Square — Pedestrian street opening toward the square and its green city hall tower

Rynok Square — City hall tower rising above the surrounding square buildings

Rynok Square — Historic townhouses and tram tracks along the square’s busy edge

Rynok Square — View down Rynok Street toward the square and its clock tower

Rynok Square — Townhouse façades and tram tracks beside the square

Rynok Square — Close view of colorful historic façades along the square

Rynok Square — Rynok Square façades seen across the cobbled open space

Rynok Square — Townhouses around the square illuminated with colorful lights at night

Rynok Square — Night view of the square’s façades and glowing street lamps

Rynok Square — Historic square buildings beneath warm evening street lighting

Why go

The four corner fountains depict Neptune, Diana, Amphitrite and Adonis.
Lviv City Hall, also called Ratusha, stands at the square’s center.
The Black House has a sandstone façade that darkened over time.

Don't miss

Neptune fountainOne of four corner fountains depicting Greek figures.At a corner of Rynok Square
Heppner House lionsThe house is known for having as many as 20 lions.House number 28

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129 metres
The square is rectangular, measuring 142 by 129 metres, with two streets leading from each corner.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
Its tenement houses show styles ranging from Renaissance to Modernism.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
2 was
Bandinelli Palace at number 2 was built in late Renaissance style.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
The Royal Chambers display 18th-century furniture, clocks, silver items, decorations and medals.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
A vault survives in house number 24, and a portal survives in house number 25.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
1998
The square and Lviv’s historic city centre became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1998.
Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia
The square’s residences were built for Lviv’s wealthiest families by noted architects.
Market Square in Lviv | Lviv Interactive

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History

A market square took shape here in the 14th century, after trade had taken place at the site of Old Rynok Square. A 1527 fire destroyed much of Lviv, and Renaissance-style houses were built around City Hall in the following decades. A new Town Hall followed in 1835.

14th c.A market square was established here as Lviv’s new city grew; before that, trade took place at the site of Old Rynok Square.
1452The square and Lviv’s main streets had been paved.
1527A fire destroyed most of the city. The square was rebuilt, with Renaissance-style houses around City Hall.
1835A new Town Hall was built after the previous tower burned.
1941Yaroslav Stetsko proclaimed Ukraine’s independence in a house beside the square.

Sources: Market Square (Lviv) - Wikipedia · Rynok Square | lviv.travel · Market Square in Lviv | Lviv Interactive · checked 28 Oct 2026

Where

Rynok Square, Lviv, 79008

Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Square_(Lviv)

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