Dominican Cathedral, Lviv

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A baroque cathedral of 1749–1764 with an elliptical dome — now the church of the Holy Eucharist of the UGCC.

The Dominicans appeared in Lviv in the 13th century; the unsafe Gothic church was dismantled in 1748, and in 1749–1764 a new one was raised at the expense of Jozef Potocki to the design of military engineer Jan de Witte — the construction was led by Marcin Urbanik and, from 1764, by Krzysztof Muradowicz. The oval nave under an elliptical dome on a light drum is one of the most striking baroque interiors of the city; the statues of the facade are by Sebastian Fesinger, the altar sculpture by Maciej Polejowski (1777), the bell tower dates from 1865. Inside are the alabaster tomb of countess Dunin-Borkowska by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1816) and a monument to the painter Artur Grottger. From 1970 the museum of the history of religion and atheism worked here; in 1997 the church was handed to the Greek Catholics, and the museum of the history of religion remained in the cells of the monastery on Muzeina square.

Routes through this landmark

• Heart of Lviv