Christian Temples of Lviv
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Sixteen wooden churches, mostly of Galicia in the Carpathian Mountains, were put on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013. Lviv itself has almost a hundred churches, each a unique masterpiece in its architectural style. When you tour Western Ukraine, viewing its churches can be one of the most interesting experiences on your trip to Eastern Europe.
Lviv oldest churches from 1256 to 1340
St. Nicholas, 1264 – 1340 
St. John Baptist, 1260s 
St. Onuphrius, 13th century 
St. Elijah, 13-14th century
Lviv churches built before the 1st Partition of Poland, from 1340 to 1772
St. Mary of Snow, 1350 
Latin Cathedral, 1360 – 1493 
Armenian, 1363 – 1370 
Korniakt Tower, 1572 – 1578 
Assumption, 1591 – 1629 
St. Benedict, 1597 – 1616 
Bernardine, 1600 – 1630 
Mary Magdalene, 1600 – 1612 
St. Wojciech, 1607 
St. Clare, 1607 – 1748 
Jesuit, 1610 – 1630 
Carmelite, 1634 
St. Lazarus, 1634 – 1653 
Presentation, 1642 – 1693 
Paraskevi Pyatnytsi, 1644 
St. Martin, 1648 
St. Casimir, 1656 – 1664 
Sts. Peter and Paul, 1668 – 1750 
St. Anthony, 1669 – 1739 
St. Anne, 1673 – 1730 
Franciscan, 1708 – 1718 
Holy Spirit, 1729 
St. Nicholas, 1739 – 1745 
St. George, 1744 – 1762 
Blessed Sacrament, 1744 – 1780 
Dominican, 1749 – 1764 
St. Sophia, 1760 – 1765 
St. Nicholas, 1761
Lviv churches built in the Austrian period, between 1772 and 1918
Sacred Heart, 1877 – 1899 
St. Ursula, 1878 
Transfiguration, 1878 – 1898 
Pope St. Clement, 1893 – 1895 
Ascension, 1897 – 1901 
St. George, 1897 – 1899 
First-Called-Andrew, 1900 
St. Elizabeth, 1903 – 1911 
St. Michael, 1863
Lviv churches from interwar Poland
St. Francis of Assissi, 1925 – 1930 
Our Lady of the Gates of Dawn, 1931 – 1938 
Nativity of Mary, 1931