Market Square (Lviv)

According to archaeological data, the square was planned in the second half of the 13th century, during the reign of Prince Leo I of Galicia.

[1][need quotation to verify][2] However, there is a long tradition of later dating the emergence of the square, associated with the activities of the Polish king Casimir III the Great.

In 1998 the Market Place, together with the historic city center of Lviv, was recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site.

The new city, then known in Polish as Lwow, was rebuilt in Renaissance style, with a few remaining examples of Gothic architecture.

Also, at the pillory, several historical figures were executed by the Polish authorities including rulers of Moldavia Ştefan Tomşa (1564), Ukrainian national hero Ioan Potcoavă (Ivan Pidkova) (1578) and Iancu Sasul (1582).