Monument to Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko

He was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. He is regarded as the founder of modern Ukrainian literature and some what to the modern Ukrainian language.
An Example of his Poetry:

Testament (Zapovit)
When I am dead, bury me
In my beloved Ukraine,
My tomb upon a grave mound high
Amid the spreading plain,
So that the fields, the boundless steppes,
The Dnieper's plunging shore
My eyes could see, my ears could hear
The mighty river roar.
When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears
Into the deep blue sea
The blood of foes ... then will I leave
These hills and fertile fields --
I'll leave them all and fly away
To the abode of God,
And then I'll pray .... But till that day
I nothing know of God.
Oh bury me, then rise ye up
And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood
The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family,
The family of the free,
With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me.
— Taras Shevchenko, 25 December 1845, Pereiaslav.
Translated by John Weir Toronto, 1961.

The Black Mansion

The main part of the building was designed by Italian architects Peter Barbon and Paul Rymlianyn in a Renaissance style. It was the first pharmacy in the city (the Pharmacy museum is just a few buildings down). The sandstone brick exposed to the wind and rain have gradually acquired a darker tint. The mansion is more of a dark gray rather than a black but it was finally painted black. The little bench is where the security guard use to sit.

Pharmacy Museum

This is the only place in Lviv where you can buy “Iron Wine” which we didn't. It increases the content of hemoglobin in blood. The museum is an operating pharmacy.

Building No. 23 Virmenska Street

This building is decorated with the “seasons”.

Ivan Fedorov Statue

He was a Russian emigrant and publisher. He moved to Lviv in 1572 and worked as a printer and Saint Onuphrius Monastery. In 1574 with the help of his son he published the second edition of the Apostolos with an autobiographical epilogue and an Alphabet book. In 1575 he published the Ostrog Bible which was the first full version of the Bible in movsble type.

Restoration

The Soviets painted everything blah colors like icky green and yellow. When this statue was restored it was discovered that the original color of the building was blue.

The Krushelnytska Opera House

It is the only edifice in Lviv printed on the national currency (the twenty). It was built in 1896. It sits where the former Holukhovsky palace once stood.