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| Keywords: Katarzyna Markowska Lychakiv Cemetery.jpg Sleeping woman - the tomb of Katarzyna Markowska the work of sculptor Julian Markowski 1887-1903 Lychakiv Cemetery Cmentarz Łyczakowski Личаківський цвинта is a famous and historic cemetery in Lviv Ukraine Since its creation in 1787 as Łyczakowski Cemetery it has been the main necropolis of the city's inteligentsia middle and upper classes Initially the cemetery was located on several hills in the borough of Lychakiv following the imperial Austro-Hungarian edict ordering that all cemeteries be moved outside of the city limits The original project was prepared by Karol Bauer the head of the Lviv University botanical garden The cemetery soon became one of Europe's finest In mid-1850s the cemetery was expanded significantly by Tytus Tchórzewski who created the present network of alleys and round-abouts It then became the main city cemetery and soon most other cemeteries were closed After World War II the city was annexed by the Soviet Union to the Ukrainian SSR This started a period of devastation of historical monuments located at the cemetery Up to 1971 many of the sculptures were destroyed; the section of Lwów Eaglets Polish defenders of Lwów 1918-19 was almost completely destroyed and turned into a truck depot By 1975 Lychakivskiy was declared a historical monument even though so many years had passed that the degradation of the cemetery was virtually complete However in the late 1980 s an initiative was developed to consistently rebuild and refurbish the cemetery Today although still neglected and overgrown it stands as a proud attraction which is visited by thousands of tourists who are intrigued by this fascinating and mysteriously haunting graveyard http //www flickr com/photos/bazylek/4484097919/ Śpiąca Uploaded by Szczebrzeszynski 2010-03-27 09 54 http //www flickr com/people/27672140 N03 Robin from Kraków Poland 49 833083 24 054136 source Flickr cc-by-2 0 File Upload Bot Magnus Manske June 25 2011 Original sculpture in public domain due to PD-old-70-1923 Tomb of Józefa Markowska | ||||
