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Stepan Bandera Street (Ukr. – вулиця Степана Бандери) is one of the main streets of
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, Ukraine. It is located on the border of
Halych Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...
and Frankivsk districts of Lviv. Bandera Street connects Kopernika and Horodotska streets. It is the border of the historical place
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Architecture

The buildings of the street dates back to the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The prevailing architectural styles are secession and eclecticism. The most famous building located on this street is the complex of buildings of
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National University, including the main building. The university building was opened in 1877, designed under the supervision of Julian Zakharevich, with sculptural decoration by
Leonard Marconi Leonard Marconi (Warsaw, 6 October 1835 – 1 April 1899, Lviv) was a Polish and Austro-Hungarian architect and sculptor. He was active chiefly at Warsaw, then in Galicia, notably at Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). Life Leonard Marconi was born on 6 ...
, and interior paintings by
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Name

Throughout history, the street's name changed several times. The first name, during 1840–1886, was 'New world'. It was named Bandera in 1992, after the
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far-right leader
Stepan Bandera Stepan Andriyovych Bandera ( uk, Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, Stepán Andríyovych Bandéra, ; pl, Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical, terr ...
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Gallery

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Sources

* Архітектура Львова: Час і стилі. XIII—XXI ст / М. Бевз, Ю. Бірюльов, Ю. Богданова, В. Дідик, У. Іваночко, Т. Клименюк та інші. — Львів : Центр Європи, 2008. — 720 с. — ISBN 978-966-7022-77-8. * Енциклопедія Львова (За редакцією А. Козицького та І. Підкови) — Львів : Літопис, 2007—2010. — Т. 1—3. * Ілько Лемко, Михалик В., Бегляров Г. Бандери вул. // 1243 вулиці Львова (1939—2009). — Львів : Апріорі, 2009. — С. 78—80. — ISBN 978-966-2154-24-5. * Мельник І. В. Широка—Коперника. Вулиця Коперника // Галицьке передмістя та південно-східні околиці королівського столичного міста Львова. — Львів : Апріорі, 2012. — С. 56–58. — (Львівські вулиці і кам'яниці) — ISBN 978-617-629-076-6.


References

{{reflist Streets of Lviv