Ivan Franko Park ( previously named as Garden of the Jesuits, City Park, Kostushko Park) is the oldest city park of Ukraine. The territory of the park is 11.6ha. The main entrance to the park is from Sichovyh Striltsiv Street, but it is possible to get inside from all of each sides. The history of the park. Lviv’s first municipal park occupies land which in the 16th century belonged to the patrician Szolc-Wolfowicz family and the Venetian Consul, Antonio Massari. The young owner reconstacted The Park in the Italian style. From here it passed into the possession of The Jesuit Order which maintained the property until the time of The Jesuit Order cancellation. The Jesuits established a brickworks, a brewery and an inn here. Then the Park became a property of the Austrian authorities after the attachment of Halicia to The House of Habsburg. Emperor Joseph II gifted the city with this land and declared The Park public. Due to unproper maintenance, however, the condition of the newly created municipal park quickly got worse, and in 1799 the Lviv’s city authorities were compelled to grant a lease of the park to restaurateur Johann Höcht. Höcht arranged The Park in the French manner, with bathing areas, groves, open-air theater performances in summer, bonfires, carousels. Only one beautiful alcove has survived to this day since that time. Untill 1855 The Park had stayed in the private property. But it was so neglected that the city authorities took it onto their supervision. The famous gardener Karl Bauer renovated The Park in the landscape manner. The Park’s lower terraces, adjacent to the recently constructed Neo-Renaissance building, home of The Halician Council, were re-landscaped also. The classical iron vase with a relief of the famous Allegories of Life, created by the outstanding Dutch sculptor of the 19th century Bertel Thorvaldsen, up to this day stands at the entrance of the central lane. In the years after WWII there used to be a cinema and restaurant here. Ivan Franko Park is in the UNESCO World Heritage List as an outstanding masterpiece of garden and park art.