Saturday, December 12, 2015

Appropriated to Lviv the title «City of Literature of UNESCO»

The status of «The city of literature» will become for Lviv – the informal capital of the Western Ukraine – the beginning of integration into a world book context, incentive for development of literary tourism and will promote promoting in the world of the Ukrainian cultural achievements.



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The petition for assignment «The city of literature» gave to Lviv of the status the Lvov city council together with cultural figures and the public. To have an opportunity to take part in competition, those cities which already received the title «City of Literature of UNESCO» have to support the demand of the applicant city. Representation of Lviv was approved by five known literary cities – Dublin, Edinburgh, Norwich, Melbourne and Krakow.

The local city community won't receive for this title the financial grandee, however the given status is very important is a world recognition of cultural achievement of residents of Lviv and access to a network of other cities who participate in the program of UNESCO of «Creative Cities». 

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