Black House, Lviv

The Black House, or Czarna Kamienica, is a remarkable Renaissance building on the Lviv Market Square. It was built for Italian tax-collector Tomaso Alberti in 1577. The architect was probably Piotr Krasowski. The Lviv Historical Museum has been housed in the Black House since 1926. The façade is lined with sandstone which has darkened over the years to black-brown. The front exhibits some fine decorative ornamentation. Jan Lorencowicz, having acquired the house in 1596, added another store and opened one of the town's first pharmacies on the ground floor. The uppermost store was added in 1884.

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Sight Name: Black House
Sight Location: Lviv, Ukraine (See walking tours in Lviv)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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