Lviv's Old Town (Старе Місто Львова) is the historic centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, in the Lviv Oblast (province), recognized as the State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975. Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage". On 5 December 1998, during the 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto (Japan), Lviv was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List.