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The '''Mickiewicz Square''' ({{lang-uk|Площа Міцкевича}}, trans. ''Ploshcha Mitskevycha'') is one of the main squares in the city of [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]].
[[File:Mickiewicz square, Lviv (before 1904).jpg|thumb|left|The southern side of the square in the beginning of 20th century]]
The square lies between the [[Old_Town_(Lviv)|Lviv's old town]] and southern part of midtown, and was planned and created in the first half of 19th century after the demolition of the old town's city defensive walls in the late 18th century. From 1843 it was primarily known as ''Ferdinand squareSquare'' ({{lang-de|Ferdinandplatz}}, {{lang-pl|Plac Ferdynanda}}), in honorhonour toof the Austrian governor of [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria|Galicia]] [[Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este|Ferdinand Habsburg-d'Este]],; later in 1862 was renamed ''St.Mary's Square'' ({{lang-pl|Plac Mariacki}}) when a monument dedicated to her was erected in the placearea. Now it bears the name of [[Poles|Polish]] poet [[Adam Mickiewicz]], whose monument was placed in the central part of the square in 1904.
The nowadays Ukrainian city of Lviv prior to [[World War II]] was inhabited mostly by Poles and also Jews, and belonged to [[Second Polish Republic|prewar Poland]]. In 1939, the Soviets in the course of the [[invasionInvasion of Poland]] had annexed the city. As the new occupant administration perceived St. Mary as a rather inappropriate patron for the square in the centercentre of athe now-Soviet city, the square went under [[Secularization|"secularization"]] and was renamed after Mickiewicz - ''Mickiewicz square'' ({{lang-pl|Plac Mickiewicza}}, {{lang-ru|Площадь Мицкевича}}).
Although the majority of Polish Lvivians were expelled after second Soviet annexation in 1945 and the city was repopulated with Ukrainians and Russians, the monument wasn't demolished induring the following Soviet timesera, and instead has beenwas kept, as well as the patronname of the square.
==The Adam Mickiewicz's Column==
[[File:KolumnaMickiewicza.jpg|thumb|right|Mickiewicz's Column with the Sprecher's tenement house (to the left) and the bell-tower of the [[Latin Cathedral, Lviv|Latin cathedral]] (to the right) in the background]]
The monument composes of a 21 metermetre high column made of Italian granite, over 3 metermetre high statue of Mickiewicz being granted his poet's [[lyre]] by a [[Genius (mythology)|genius]] of poetry, and some additional elements including the golden torch of ''Inspiration'' on the top of the column. Standing in the central part of the square, it was erected in 1904, with the official opening ceremony held on October 30th. It's been designed and carved by famous Polish sculptor [[Antoni Popiel]], who won the contest for the design in 1898.
==Other important sights==
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