About us
Rudolfo is a boutique hotel on Virmenska (Armenian) Street, a quiet pedestrian street in the centre of Lviv. The house was first recorded in the town’s tax registers in 1535, and since September 2013 it has been Rudolfo, an old house with a modern touch, where a panoramic glass lift takes you up to the rooms.
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The story of the house
For centuries, our stretch of Virmenska Street was known as Bakers’ Street.
Two old houses stand here side by side. No. 4 was first recorded in the town’s tax registers in 1535; at the end of the 16th century it belonged to a shoemaker named Obukh, and it is still known by his name. In the 17th century, No. 6 next door belonged to an Armenian priest.
In No. 4, a rebuilding left its date on a ceiling beam: 20 March 1722, carved back to front, probably because the carver laid his pattern the wrong way round. After a fire in 1848, the house was rebuilt; around 1909 it was linked inside to No. 6, and by 1927 a city guide listed a hotel here, the Ziemiański. Since September 2013, it has been Rudolfo.
Timeline
- : our stretch is first mentioned as Bakers’ Street.
- : No. 4 is first recorded in the town’s tax registers.
- Late 16th century: a shoemaker named Obukh owns No. 4.
- : a date is carved into a ceiling beam, back to front.
- 1849/50: after the fire of 1848, No. 4 is rebuilt.
- : residents complain about a dance school upstairs, where the dancers stamp about ‘like horses in a stable’.
- : a pool for live fish is approved in the courtyard.
- : a city guide lists a hotel here, the Ziemiański.
- : Rudolfo opens.
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