Ostroverkhova House (Villa on the Cross), Lviv
House Ostroverkhova - mysterious structure with a small tower, which can not be found on the front pages of guidebooks in Lviv, but the unique architecture of the building and the history of the life of its owners attract more tourists. The house is located at the intersection of three streets: General Chuprynky, Kyiv and Kotlyarevsky, hence the name - villa on the "Cross".
History Ostroverkhova home
The project belongs to the two-storey building houses two of the most famous architect of the late 19th century in Lviv - Ivan Julian Zaharevich and Lewinsky.
Construction began in 1899 and lasted only 1 year. In 1900, a new building, made in the style of picturesque historicism (Pittoresk).
The most famous inhabitants of the villa on the "Cross"
Over the entire period of its existence, the villa belonged to a well-known figures of culture, art and other famous citizens of Lviv:
- The first owner of the house became a professor, mathematician, rector of Lviv Polytechnic Zaslav Dzivinsky. He lived here from 1910 to 1920;
- After the First World War, the house belonged to merchants from Lviv Shulim Wallach;
- In the 20s-30s of the 20th century there lived a famous pianist Leopold Muenzer, who tragically died in Janowska death along with hundreds of his countrymen. Leopold Muenzer was a member of the camp orchestra.
- Before World War II there lived a teacher, a journalist and an active civic leader Vladimir Kuzmovich with his wife and family.
However, special attention should be paid the most odious resident of the house, the man whose name is linked villa on the "Cross" - Nicholas Ostroverkhov. He lived there after the Second World War, but in our days in Lviv of the name spinning around many legends and speculation.
Nikolai Ostroverkhov Lviv was famous collector. Products because of his collection in our time are stored in the Lviv National Art Gallery named after Boris Voznytsky, Potocki Palace in Lviv castles. The basis for creating exposure Ostroverkhova formed family values Vladimir Kuzmovicha family, as well as the House of Scientists, the Opera House, the private collections of Lviv residents. It is worth noting that a lot of the exhibits were produced by not entirely honest.
What to see in the house
Today, the house belongs to Ostroverkhova Scientific Society of Taras Shevchenko. The architecture of the house preserved ceramic ornaments under the windows of the building and part of the tile on the tower. Particularly noteworthy are the building facades decorated with brickwork and bright décor and lots of rezblennyh details.
However, the structure is in poor condition, the facade is completely divided with cracks, and the tower leaned at all. The main reason - the location of the house. It is built on the slope of the street, and its foundation is suffering from groundwater, which are regularly washed away soil.
Getting there
Villa on the "Cross" in Lviv, located on the street Gen. Chuprynky, 2 km from the heart of the city - Market Square . To get here tourist can tram number 2 (stop - "" Ukraine "Palace of Sport), tram number 6 (stop -" Ivana Gorbachevsky. "). From the main railway station in Lviv here should tram number 9 (stop - "Street Kiev").
