Editing Lviv (section)

==Tourism==
[[File:Lvivrynok2018.jpg|thumb|right|Market (Rynok) Square]] Due to a comprehensive cultural programme and tourism infrastructure (having more than 8,000 hotel rooms, over 1,300 cafes and restaurants,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://informator.news/eksperty-pidrahuvaly-kilkist-mahazyniv-restoraniv-kafe-u-najbilshyh-mistah-ukrajiny/ |title=Експерти підрахували кількість магазинів, ресторанів і кафе у найбільших містах України Источник |work=ІНФОРМАТОР |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=9 January 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014403/https://informator.news/eksperty-pidrahuvaly-kilkist-mahazyniv-restoraniv-kafe-u-najbilshyh-mistah-ukrajiny/ |url-status=live }}</ref> free Wi-Fi zones in the city centre, and good connection with many countries of the world), Lviv is considered one of Ukraine's major tourist destinations.<ref name="BBCLviv2012">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15983012 Two cities prepare for Euro 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125112003/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15983012 |date=25 November 2018 }}, [[BBC News]] (2 December 2011)</ref> The city had a 40% increase in tourist visits in the early 2010s; the highest rate in Europe.<ref name="BBCLviv2012" />

The most popular tourist attractions include the [[Old Town (Lviv)|Old Town]], and the [[Market Square (Lviv)|Market Square]] ({{langx|uk|Ploshcha Rynok}}) which is an {{cvt|18300|m2|0|abbr=off|lk=in|adj=mid}} square in the city centre where the [[Lviv Town Hall|City Hall]] is situated, as well as the [[Black House, Lviv|Black House]] ({{langx|uk|Chorna Kamianytsia}}), [[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv|Armenian Cathedral]], [[Dormition Church, Lviv|the complex of the Dormition Church]] which is the main Orthodox church in the city; [[Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church (Lviv)|the St. Peter and Paul Church of the Jesuit Order]] (one of the largest churches in Lviv); along with the [[Korniakt Palace]], now part of the Lviv History Museum.

Other prominent sites include the [[Latin Cathedral, Lviv|Latin Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary]]; [[St. George's Cathedral, Lviv|St. George's Cathedral]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Greek-Catholic Church]]; the [[Dominican Church, Lviv|Dominican Church of Corpus Christi]]; [[Chapel of the Boim family]]; the [[Lviv High Castle]] ({{langx|uk|Vysokyi Zamok}}) on a hill overlooking the centre of the city; the [[Union of Lublin Mound]]; the [[Lychakiv Cemetery|Lychakivskiy Cemetery]] where the notable people were buried; and the Svobody Prospekt which is Lviv's central street. Other popular places include [[Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet]], the [[Potocki Palace, Lviv|Potocki Palace]], and the [[Bernardine Church, Lviv|Bernardine Church]].

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File:2019.08.25.1442.04. Львів пл.Соборна Церква св.Андрія.jpg|[[Bernardine Church, Lviv|Bernardine Church]]
File:Interior of Dominican church, Lviv, 2009.jpg|[[Dominican Church, Lviv|Dominican Church]] 
File:Дворец Потоцких.jpg|[[Potocki Palace, Lviv|Potocki Palace]]
File:StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG|[[St. George's Cathedral, Lviv]]
File:LvivOldTown1.jpg|View of [[Old Town (Lviv)|Old Town]], a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]
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