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Zhovkva (Ukrainian: Жовква, Polish: Żółkiew, between 1951 and 1992: Nesterov) is a city in the Ukrainian part of East Galicia. It is known for its Renaissance buildings.

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Zhovkva Station (Станція «Жовква»).

Direct connections with such cities are available: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and others.

Tickets are available on Ukrzaliznytsia website[dead link] and in mobile app (iOS, Android).

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Buses from Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi operate daily.

Tickets are available on BlaBlaCar.

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By foot.

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  • 1 Zhovkva Castle (Жовківський замок). Zhovkva Castle (Q2425762) on Wikidata Zhovkva Castle on Wikipedia
  • Baroque Synagogue in a dreadful condition of disrepair
  • Renaissance Market Square
  • Basilian Monastery under which a mass grave of more than 80 corpses from World War II were discovered. It is 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

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