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Ivan Franko Park (Lviv)

Coordinates: 49°50′18″N 24°01′11″E / 49.83833°N 24.01972°E / 49.83833; 24.01972
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Ivan Franko Park

Ivan Franko Park (Парк імені Івана Франка), formerly known as Kościuszko Park and the Jesuit Gardens, is a park in Lviv, Ukraine. It is the oldest park in the country.[1][2][3]

History

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In the 16th century, the land of the park was the property of the Szolc-Wolfowicz family and Antonio Massari, a Venetian consul. They passed the property to a Jesuit order. The park's former name Jesuit Gardens derived from that history. The monastic residents built a brewery and an inn with the elegance of Italian refinery. During a siege by Moscow's army in 1655, a rampart wall was built around the property. By the end of the 18th century, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, following his policy of confiscating monastic holdings, ordered the establishment of a municipal park in Lviv. In 1799, restaurateur Johann Höcht leased the park and opened a French resort on the site. It was redesigned by horticulturist Karl Bauer as a landscaped park in 1855.[4]

Location

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The Ivan Franko Park (Lviv, Ukraine) is located on a hillside of the Lviv Heights between Lystopadovoho Chynu and Krushelnytskoi Streets. It is near Lviv University, which is also named after Ivan Franko. The park fills a parallelogram between Marshalkovska, Mitskevych, Mateyko and Krashevsky Streets (presently, Universitetska, Lystopadovoho Chynu, Mateyko, and Krushelnytskoi). A large statue of Ivan Franko towers over the park.[5]

Ecosystem

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The park contains maples, oaks, linden, chestnut, and other trees of varying ages.[4]

References

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  1. ^ (in Turkish) Park içinde kurulu bir şehir: Lviv, Hurriyet.com, 14 June 2015
  2. ^ 10 Things You Didn't Know About Lviv, Ukraine, Travelicious.world, 13 June 2017
  3. ^ "Парк імені Івана Франка - Львівська міська рада". 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  4. ^ a b Ivan Franko Park (formerly, Jesuit Gardens), Lvivcenter.org
  5. ^ Jozef Wittlin, Philippe Sands, City of Lions, Books.google.fr, 21 March 2017

49°50′18″N 24°01′11″E / 49.83833°N 24.01972°E / 49.83833; 24.01972