Sapieha Palace, Lviv

The Sapieha Palace in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv is a palatial two-storey mansion in the Ulica Copernicus No. 40a.

It was built in 1867 by architect Adolph Kuhn for Prince Leon Sapieha from the Polish-Lithuanian high noble Sapieha family, in 1861 elected a pioneer of railway construction in Galicia, and after his return from exile in Paris to the Sejm of the crown land Galicia and Lodomeria. Later, his son Adam Sapieha was home owner. In addition to the neo-baroque building is located on the street side a large wrought iron gate.

After the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939, the palace was taken over by the Soviet state and converted into a school. In the 1990s, the building was restored. Currently a regional society for the preservation of historical and architectural heritage is housed in it.