Potocki Palace, French classical palace in central Lviv, Ukraine.
The building is a three-story residence with high mansard roofs and decorated facades in central Lviv. The entrance features an arched portico supported by Ionic columns, while the interior contains several grand halls with different color themes.
The residence was built between 1880 and 1890 following designs by French architect Louis Dauvergne for Count Alfred Potocki. The design drew inspiration from residences of Louis XIV, bringing French classicism to eastern Europe.
Since the 2000s the palace has belonged to the Lviv National Art Gallery, which uses it for exhibitions. In February 2015 a chapel was opened here holding the oldest icon in Lviv. From July 2021 civil weddings are again held in the building under a same-day marriage service.
The palace stands at Kopernyka Street 15, set back behind a fence with a ceremonial gate and guard wings; the rear gate opens onto Tykha Street. The main entrance is through an arched portico with Ionic columns. The building now belongs to the Lviv National Art Gallery, and since July 2021 a same-day wedding service has been offered here.
On 22 November 1919, an aircraft flown by the American pilot Edmund Graves, performing display flights over central Lviv for the first anniversary of the city's Polish capture, fell onto the palace. The crash and the explosion of its fuel tanks set the upper floors and roof on fire; repairs and restoration went on until 1931.
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