Lychakiv cemetery

Lychakiv cemetery over a famous Parisian cemetery Pere Lachaise, and even the famous London Haygeyta.Ego story began in 1786, it was then the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph II forbade burying people in the city. The reason for this decision is that, in those time people were buried in the vaults of churches or church buildings around. Such traditions are for infectious diseases, is only to mention that often during the service of Lviv was a smell of cadaver expansions ..

 

In the 16th century on the site of the present Lychakiv cemetery buried townspeople died of plague. Later, there were buried wealthy city, it was considered very prestigious. Most of the land here betrayed prominent public and political figures, and in the 60s had to get permission from the city authorities to bury a relative here, or else pay a large bribe.

 

Lychakiv cemetery is indeed a real museum, it has its myths and mystical places, there can be a long walk and get acquainted with the real heroes in our history.

 

Particularly impressive is the "Memorial Lviv eaglets," which consists of a series of identical white stone crosses and buried the remains of the Polish militia killed in defense of Lviv in the Ukrainian-Polish War of 1918-1919gg. Many of them have died not reaching even 16 years ..

 

Today Lychakiv cemetery – is 300 thousands burials, 500 sculptures, 2,000 crypts.