Church of St. Olha and Elizabeth, Gothic Revival church near central railway station, Lviv, Ukraine
The Church of St. Olha and Elizabeth is a Gothic Revival structure made of red brick with two distinct towers on its west side. The building measures roughly 200 feet (60 meters) long and 72 feet (22 meters) wide, featuring pointed spires that extend well above the surrounding neighborhood.
Construction started in 1903 under Archbishop Jozef Bilczewski's leadership with architect Teodor Talowski. The building was finished by 1911 to serve the Catholic population of the western suburbs and railway workers in the area.
The church was originally built for Catholic railway workers and now serves the Ukrainian Greek Catholic community. People gather here to practice their faith openly, something that was forbidden during Soviet times.
You can climb the towers for views across the city and surrounding areas. The location between the railway station and old town makes it easy to visit on foot while exploring the neighborhood.
The church sits on a natural watershed divide where rain falling on one side eventually reaches the Baltic Sea and rain on the other side flows toward the Black Sea. This geological feature gives the location a remarkable geographic position.
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