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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Church of Saints Olga and Elizabeth

Church of Saints Olga and Elizabeth in Lviv. This is a neo-Gothic church located near the city's main railway station. The church was built between 1904 and 1911 according to the design of architect Teodor Talowski.
Teodor Talowski (1857-1910). His works include apartment buildings, churches, chapels and public buildings in Kraków, Lviv and other cities throughout former Austrian Galicia. The building has high towers and pointed spires, making it one of the most prominent architectural monuments of Lviv. The church was consecrated on October 22, 1911 as the Church of Saint Elizabeth, in honor of Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Coronation portrait as Queen of Hungary, 1867

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