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The Ukrainian Historic Towns Atlas (Ukrainian: Атлас українських історичних міст) is a scholarly project documenting urban development in Ukraine through historical cartography.
It is part of the European Historic Towns Atlas initiative coordinated by the International Commission for the History of Towns (ICHT).[1]
Background and Scope
[edit]The atlas series, launched in 2014, adheres to ICHT's standardized methodologies, which include:
- Comparative analysis of historical and modern maps
- Thematic studies of urban morphology
The project is led by researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, including editor-in-chief Myron Kapral, a historian specializing in early modern urbanism. The first volume, covering Lviv, was published in 2014 and set the template for subsequent cities.
UNESCO Context
[edit]Lviv’s historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998, served as a key case study for the atlas.[2] UNESCO highlighted the city’s fusion of Central European architectural traditions and its multicultural urban fabric. The atlas contributes to the preservation of this heritage by documenting:
- Pre-19th century property boundaries
- Lost fortifications and religious sites.
Published Volumes
[edit]As of 2022, five volumes have been published:
| Volume | City | Year | Key Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lviv | 2014 | Includes 25 reproduced maps from 16th–18th centuries |
| 2 | Halych | 2018 | Focus on medieval princely capital |
| 3 | Zhovkva | 2016 | Renaissance planned city layouts |
| 4 | Zhydachiv | 2020 | Small-town case study |
| 5 | Belz | 2022 | Oldest city in the Lviv region |
Methodology
[edit]Each volume contains three sections, validated by peer-reviewed standards:[3]
1. Original Maps
[edit]- High-resolution reproductions from archives in Ukraine, Poland, and Austria (e.g., Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv).
- Annotated panoramas, such as the 1618 Lviv view by Aurelio Passarotti, and Franz Hogenberg.
2. Reconstructed Maps
[edit]- GIS-based overlays showing:
* Urban expansion phases * Confessional communities (e.g., Armenian Quarter in Lviv) * Trade routes.
3. Analytical Essays
[edit]- Bilingual (Ukrainian/English) studies on:
* Magdeburg rights implementation * Archaeological findings (e.g., Lviv’s 13th-century foundations) * Comparative analysis with other European atlases.
Reception and Impact
[edit]The series has been recognized by:
- International Commission for the History of Towns – included in the register of atlases produced under its auspices.
- Academic reviews in:
* Urban History (2016): Praised its "multilingual source integration" for Lviv’s Jewish, and Armenian communities.[4] * Geodeta (Poland, 2018): Highlighted its utility for heritage conservation.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ukrainian Historic Towns Atlas". Historia Urbium. International Commission for the History of Towns (ICHT). Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Simms, Anngret (2015). "The European Historic Towns Atlas Project". In Simms, Anngret; Clarke, Howard B. (eds.). Lords and Towns in Medieval Europe: The European Historic Towns Atlas Project. Farnham, UK; Burlington, VT: Routledge (Ashgate). pp. 13–32. ISBN 978-0-3678-8801-5.
- ^ Kozubska, Olga (2016). "[Review:] Ukrainian Historical Towns Atlas, Vol. 1: Lviv". Urban History. 43 (3): 496–497. doi:10.1017/S0963926816000468. JSTOR 26391162.
- ^ Bartoszewicz, Henryk (June 2018). "Dzieje Żółkwi opisane mapami" [History of Zhovkva depicted by maps]. GEODETA. Magazyn Geoinformacyjny (in Polish) (6 (277)): 48–53. ISSN 1234-5202.