[2] Together with the Vysokyi Zamok (High Castle) the hills of Park Znesinnya from Lviv's distinctive city skyline, known from drawings going back to the 16th century.

The park is located on green hilly parts of the historical village Znesinnya which was named after the Christian holiday of Ascension.

The NGO "Regional Foundation Znesinnya" started to claim for the protection of the area informally in 1990, getting registered in 1991 as a non-governmental, non-profit organization.

Regional Landscape Park Znesinnya is located on the main European watershed that separates the Baltic and the Black Sea.

As traces of the sea covered the landscape 20-25 million years ago, marks of shells of extinct mollusc can be found in the limestone.

In the eastern part of the park Khomec' Mountain (306 m above sea level) is situated – a unique monument of steppe and rock vegetation, as sleep-grass dev'yasyl, tarragon and flax can be found here.

Park Znesinnya contains a huge variety of traces of the past, such as relics of old settlements, churches, monasteries, sacral objects and an old cemetery.

Further architectural and religious points of interest are: Moreover, examples of housing and industrial buildings – an alcohol and pharmaceutical factory from the beginning of the 20th century – can be found inside Park Znesinnya.