The Pototskiy Palace is situated in Lviv. The palace had been built in order of count Alfred II Pototskiy in 1889 . The Palace, in style of classicism, was erected on the place of Pototski estate. The French and Polish architects had designed this wonderful palace.
In some time after the beginning of the palace’s building the count had died. The building had stopped. His son Roman has decided to finish his father’s deed.
The palace is built in the French style. Exactly the erecting of this palace, had become the push for the building of Lviv’s buildings in the French style.
The palace’s square is near 3000 square meters.
In 1919, when the Poles have been celebrating the anniversary of their victory in the struggle for Lviv, the pilot had cut in the palace, demonstrating the show performance on the airplane. Because of that the fire had arisen, which had caused the considerable damages. The count Pototskiy had brought in the action about the compensation. The judge’s decision was in favor of the count, thus the Polish power had paid money for reconstruction.
Since 1921 till 1931 the considerable repair works have been held in the palace.
At the beginning of XXI century the repair works have been held again in the palace. In 2006 “Lviv’s Gallery of Arts” was opened here.
The Pototskiy Palace is one of the most interesting architectural monuments of the city. The building introduces itself as the wonderful example of the palace’s architecture.