Powder Tower description and photo - Ukraine: Lviv (Topic)

Powder Tower description and photo - Ukraine: Lviv. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Powder Tower is a historical landmark of the glorious city of Lviv and is located on Pidvalna Street. The tower was built in 1554-1556. and is a monument of military and defense architecture of the Renaissance.

The Powder Tower is one of the last powerful and insurmountable city defensive towers, which has survived in the ancient city to our time. The tower was located on an earthen rampart behind defensive city structures and a deep ditch with water and guarded the approaches to the city from the eastern side from ill-wishers. The material for the construction of the facility was rough stones from the old dismantled city arsenal. It was an almost impenetrable defensive structure, since the thickness of its walls was 2.5-3 m., in which loopholes were arranged on all sides.

The tower was also used as a storehouse for gunpowder, ammunition, weapons, and in days of peace it was used to store grain. When Galicia was a part of Austria-Hungary, it housed barracks, and later artillery workshops. For four centuries around the Powder Tower, the soil level rose by almost two meters, hiding its lower part.

In 1954, the Powder Tower was restored. In 1959, figures of sleeping lions of the 19th century were located in front of the entrance to the building. In the same year, the tower was transferred to the Lviv House of Architects. In 1973, restoration was carried out, after which the Powder Tower acquired its modern look. Today, on the first floor of the tower there is a cozy restaurant and a shop where you can buy various souvenirs.

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