the tile roof patterns duplicate the geometric designs of traditional Ukrainian embroidery.
Notable people
Many well-known historical figures were born in the city, including poet and writer Paul Celan, actress Mila Kunis, musician and essayist Roman Vlad and Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, the former Speaker of the Parliament Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and the Vienna Secession artist Oskar Laske. Many other famous people lived and worked in the city, such as Ukrainian national poet Ivan Franko, the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu, Yiddish actress Sidi Tal, novelist Aharon Appelfeld, Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi, Aron Pumnul, Ciprian Porumbescu, Ion Nistor, Gala Galaction, economist and political theorist Joseph Schumpeter, jurist and sociologist of law Eugen Ehrlich, Nikolai Vavilov, Abraham Goldfaden, Ruth Wisse, and Avigdor Arikha
