Editing Lviv (section)

===Galicia–Volhynia Wars===
During the [[Galicia–Volhynia Wars|wars over the succession of Galicia-Volhynia Principality]] in 1339 King [[Casimir III the Great|Casimir III of Poland]] undertook an expedition and conquered Lviv in 1340, burning down the [[Lviv High Castle|old princely castle]].<ref name="Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" /> Poland ultimately gained control over Lviv and the adjacent region in 1349. From then on the population was subjected to attempts to both [[Polonization|Polonize]] and [[Catholicisation|Catholicize]] the population.<ref>Jacob Caro: ''Geschichte Polens''. Vol. 2, Gotha 1863, p. 286 (in German, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j2kPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA286 online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102033537/https://books.google.com/books?id=j2kPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA286 |date=2 January 2016 }})</ref> The [[Lithuanians]] ravaged Lviv land in 1351 during the [[Galicia-Volhynia Wars|Halych-Volhyn Wars]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Peter |title=The Mongols and the West: 1221–1410 |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-582-36896-5 |page=210}}</ref> with Lviv being plundered and destroyed by duke [[Liubartas]] in 1353.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wyrozumski |first1=Jerzy |title=Wielka Historia Polski. Vol. II. Dzieje Polski Piastowskiej: VIII w. - 1370 |date=1999 |publisher=FOGRA |isbn=83-85719-38-5 |page=327 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barański |first1=Marek Kazimierz |title=Dynastia Piastów w Polsce |date=2006 |publisher=[[Polish Scientific Publishers|PWN]] |isbn=83-01-14578-1 |page=502 |language=pl}}</ref>

Casimir built a new city center (or founded a new town) in a basin, surrounded it by walls, and replaced the wooden palace by masonry castle – one of the two built by him.<ref name="Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" /><ref name="Piechotka" /><ref name="Ashmore">{{cite book |editor1-last=Ashmore |editor1-first=Harry S. |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=1961 |page=509 |chapter=Lviv}}</ref> The old (Ruthenian) settlement, after it had been rebuilt, became known as the Krakovian Suburb in reference to the city of [[Kraków]].<ref name="Piechotka">{{cite book |last1=Piechotka |first1=Maria |last2=Piechotka |first2=Kazimierz |editor1-last=Paluch |editor1-first=Andrzej K. |editor2-last=Kapralski |editor2-first=Sławomir |title=The Jews of Poland, Vol. 2 |date=1999 |publisher=Judaica Foundation, Center Jewish Culture |isbn=978-8390771519 |page=252 |chapter=The Synagogues of Lwow}}</ref>