Rynok Square

Rynok Square is a crucial square of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. According to archaeological data, the square turned into deliberate within the 2^nd half of the 13^th century, all through the reign of Prince Leo I of Galicia However, there may be an extended culture of later relationship the emergence of the rectangular, related to the sports of the Polish king Casimir III the Great. The square is rectangular in form, with measurements of 142 metres by 129 metres and with two streets radiating out of each nook.

In the center there was a row of houses, with its southern wall made by way of the Town Hall. However, when in 1825 the tower of the Town Hall burned, all adjoining homes were demolished and a brand new corridor, with a 65-metre tower, turned into built in 1835 by architects J. Markl and F. Trescher. Around the rectangular, there are 44 tenement houses, which constitute several architectural styles, from Renaissance to Modernism.

In the 4 corners, there are fountains—wells from 1793, probably designed through Hartman Witwer. The sculptures constitute four Greek mythological figures: Neptune, Diana, Amphitrite and Adonis. In the front of the Town Hall, there has been a pillory. In 1998 the Market Place, together with the historic metropolis center of Lviv, become known as a UNESCO global history site.