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terior above the door and on the wall flanking vul Halytska. The chapel is now part of the
Lviv Art Gallery and hosts temporary exhibitions. Unfortunately it's not always open
when it should be.
Dormition Church
CHURCH
(vul Pidvalna 9; 8am-7pm)
This Ukrainian Orthodox church is easily distinguished by the
65m-high, triple-tiered Kornyakt bell tower rising beside it. The tower was named after
its Greek benefactor, a merchant who was also the original owner of Kornyakt House on
pl Rynok. It's well worth going inside to see the beautifully gilt interior of the church, ac-
cessible through the gate to the right of the tower. Attached to the church is the diminut-
ive Three Saints Chapel with its three, highly ornate minicupolas.
Transfiguration Church
CHURCH
(cnr vul Krakivska & vul Lesi Ukrainky; 7am-7pm)
The tall copper-domed church just west of
the Armenian Cathedral is the late-17th-century Transfiguration Church, the first church
in the city to revert to Greek Catholicism after Ukrainian independence in 1991. This
place is particularly impressive during a service (early mornings and evenings).
Lviv Art Gallery
GALLERY
(
www.lvivgallery.org
; vul Kopernyka 15 & vul Stefanyka 3; admission to each 20uah; 11am-6pm
Tue-Sat, noon-5pm Sun)
Lviv's main art repository has two wings - one in the lavish
Potot-
sky Palace
, the other around the corner on vul Stefanyka. The former houses an im-
pressive collection of European art from the 14th to 18th centuries, including works by
Rubens, Bruegel, Goya and Caravaggio. The wing on
vul Stefanyka
contains 19th- and
early-20th-century art (plus some 21st-century pieces); this includes a superb collection
of Polish art, arguably the best outside Poland with some works by Jan Matejko.
National Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.nm.lviv.ua
; pr Svobody 20; admission permanent exhibitions 15uah, whole building 45uah;
10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
Residing in one of Lviv's grandest 19th-century palaces, this some-
times confusing museum (too many doors, ticket rippers, sections, prescribed routes) has
one of the Slavic world's best collections of religious icons, most hailing from west
Ukraine and eastern Poland. The earliest examples date from the 12th century and the
