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Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine)

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Львів

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image by Andriy Grechylo, 31 May 2004



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Overview

The Flag, Coat of Arms and large Coat of Arms of Lviv City wereadopted by local council on July 5, 1990. Designed by A.Grechylo, I.Svarnyk, I. & V. Turetskyi. Coat of Arms of Lviv was designed according the seals of the 14th c. Supporters of the Coat of Arms: gold lion - territorial symbol of the Ruthenian Kingdom (14th c.); and Ruthenian warrior.
Lviv is largest city of the Western Ukraine.
Andriy Grechylo, 31 May 2004


Coat of Arms


image by Andriy Grechylo, 31 May 2004

Large Coat of Arms


image by Andriy Grechylo, 31 May 2004


Flag According to Book of all Kingdoms (late 14th Cent.)


image by Eugene Ipavec, 15 January 2010

The 14th flag mentioned and illustrated in the Book of All Kingdoms [e9s50] is attributed to city called "Leon/Lumbret", between Germany and the Black Sea, which Jorge Candeias has tentatively identified as Lvov.
It is a green flag with ared cross throughout,
Antonio Martins-Tuvalkin, 9 November 2007

The 1917 flag issue of National Geographic [gmc17] explicitly identifies it as the city of Lemberg, the 1917 iteration of Lvov [page 389].
Al Smith, 10 November 2007