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Is this a Giant Crossword Puzzle or a Building?

By: Majdy send a private message
L'viv : Ukraine | 10 months ago  
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  • World’s biggest crossword puzzle
    World’s biggest crossword puzzle
    Posted by: Majdy
    World’s biggest crossword puzzle
  • World’s biggest crossword puzzle
    World’s biggest crossword puzzle
    Posted by: Majdy
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World’s biggest crossword puzzle

A first look at this tower and one thinks this is a huge crossword puzzle but soon reality hits that well, it isn’t just a crossword puzzle but a building as well. Titled the world’s biggest crossword puzzle, this piece of art adorning the external side of a residential building is centre of tourist’s attraction in the city of Lvov, Ukraine.

This crossword puzzle is almost 100ft tall that is 34 squares high and 19 squares across. Obviously the puzzle is too big to be filled in with hands so the artists came across a unique way of revealing the correct answer to the entire cross word puzzle. When night falls, the letters in all the squares in the cross word are lit up as they are embedded with florescent light and give away the correct answers in the glow of light.

The clues to the crosswords are scattered throughout the city’s parks, landmarks, theatres, and fountains. This encourages visitors and tourists to exercise their brains and legs while strolling around looking for clues to answer the crossword puzzle. Just in case they are not sure about the correct answer, they can gather around the building at night to see the correct answers on the building.

The city of Lvov is in situated in the far west of Ukraine, close to the border of Poland. The city is proud of its culture and boasts about its tradition with its own philharmonic orchestra, ballet, and opera. The city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.

Well, just in case this crossword puzzle has really excited you so much that you are booking tickets to the next plane in order to solve this puzzle; here a piece of advice for you; All the letters in the crossword are in Cyrillic alphabets. Have fun solving!

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  • Submitted By: Majdy | 10 months ago
    The puzzle is more than 100ft high and fills the entire external wall of the residential building in the city of Lvov. Clues to the crossword are scattered around the city's major landmarks and attractions including parks, fountains, and theatres. ...
  • News Source: NewKerala | 10 months ago
    Clues to the massive puzzle, which is 19 squares across and 34 squares high, have been sprinkled around major landmarks and attractions, including parks, fountains, and theatres, in the historic city of Lvov. The literary challenge encouraged...
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Posted By citizenjournal citizenjournal | 10 months ago
majdy! I saw something similar in Leipzig which is in the east central part of Germany. Dont' have any photos at the moment, if I find one then will let you know. The interesting thing about this crossword puzzle is that the clues are scattered across the city. My question is if someone finds all the clues and comes up with the solution then what are the incentives offered !!!,haha, Arif
Reply By Majdy Majdy | 10 months ago
So you will only find all the clues and come up with the correct answers only for an incentive??? :-p (Quite excited you are, I see! haha)
Posted By linswitzer linswitzer | 10 months ago
That is so interesting and makes me want to see it!
Reply By Majdy Majdy | 10 months ago
So do I and more so, I want to give it the crossword a try although I don't know Cyrillic alphabets! ;-)
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