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Lychakivskiy CemeteryLychakivskiy Cemetery (Polish Cmentarz Łyczakowski) is a famous cemetery in L'viv. Since its creation in 1787 it has been the main necropoly of the city's inteligentsia, middle and upper classes. Initially the cemetery was located on several hills in the borough of Łyczakw, following the imperial Austro-Hungarian edict demanding that all cemeteries be moved outside of the city limits. The original project was prepared by Karol Bauer, the head of the Lww University botanical garden. In mid-1850's the cemetery was expanded significantly by Tytus Tchrzewski, who created the present net of alleys and round-abouts. Since then it became the main city cemetery and soon most other cemeteries were closed. The two that remained were used mostly for burial of lower classes. The cemetery was used by all religions present in the city. Apart from the Roman Catholics, this included also Greek Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox. Since the city for centuries used to be a centre of Polish culture, there are numerous famous Poles buried there. Among them are: - Roman Abraham, general
- Stefan Banach, mathematician
- Władysław Bełza, writer
- Benedykt Dybowski, soldier, adventurer, ethnologist and biologist
- Mieczysław Gębarowicz, historian
- Franciszek Ksawery Godebski, historian
- Artur Grottger, artist
- Zygmunt Gorgolewski, architect, author of the Lww Opera
- Seweryn Goszczyński, poet
- Jan Nepomucen Kamiński, founder of the first theatre in Lww
- Zygmunt Kętrzyński, historian and name-sake of the city of Kętrzyn
- Maria Konopnicka, writer
- Julian Konstanty Ordon, officer
- Karol Szajnocha, historian
- Gabriela Zapolska, writer
Among the notable Ukrainians buried there are: There are also numerous parts of the cemetery in which veterans of most wars of 19th century are buried, including the quarters of veterans of: In 1925 the ashes of one of the unknown defenders of Lww were transferred to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. Since 1999 there is also a symbolic monument to Sich Rifles located just outside the mausoleum to Polish defenders of the city of 1918. After World War II the city was annexed by the Soviet Union and the majority of pre-war inhabitants of the city were expelled. This started a period of devastation of historical monuments located at the cemetery. Until 1971 many of the sculptures were destroyed and the cemetery of Lww Eagles was completely destroyed and turned into a truck depot. However, in 1975 the cemetery was declared a historical monument and the degradation ended. Since late 1980's it is constantly rebuilt and refurbished and continues to be one of the principal tourist attractions of Lviv. External links
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