Zhovkva
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Zhovkva (various spellings, Polish: Zolkiew, between 1951 and 1992: Nesterov) is a city in the Ukrainian part of East Galicia. It is known for its Renaissance buildings.Get in
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Zhovkva Castle
Baroque Synagogue in a dreadful condition of disrepair
Renaissance Market Square
Basilian Monastery under which a mass grave of more than 80 corps from WWII was recently discovered. It is still unclear whether the people buried in this secret place were Jews killed by the Nazis or more probably Ukrainians killed by the Russian Soviet authorities. This issue is still under investigation.
Dominican Cathedral
St. Lawrence Cathedral
Wooden Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church