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The Best Attractions In Olesko

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Oles'ko is an urban-type settlement in Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Population: 1,472 . It was the seat of the rebbes of Alesk, and also the birthplace of Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The earliest mentioned Jewish community is in 1500. Oles'ko was the place of residence of tzadikim in the 19th century. In 1935 its Jewish population was 738.
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  • 1. Olesko Castle Olesko
    Olesko Castle is located within the borders of the present-day Busk Raion in Ukraine. The first historical records of the castle are in a document dated 1390, when Pope Boniface IX gave Olesko and Tustan to a Catholic bishop of Halych. It is located about seventy-five kilometers from Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine.
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  • 4. Pochayiv Lavra Pochayev
    Saint Job of Pochayev , to the world Ivan Ivanovich Zheleza , in Great Schema John was an Eastern Orthodox monk and saint.
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  • 6. Dubno Castle Dubno
    Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubno Raion , Dubno is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The city is located on intersection of two major European routes E40 and E84. Population: 38,039 In Soviet times it was home to the Cold War facility Dubno air base. The city is also famous for its fortress.
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  • 7. Zbarazh Castle Zbarazh
    Zbarazh Castle is a fortified defense stronghold in Zbarazh, built during the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It dominates the crests of the Zamkova Hills of Ternopil Oblast in Western Ukraine next to the city's central plaza that was not in so distant past surrounded by marshland. The castle existence has been credited to last members of the Polish Zbaraski family; Krzysztof and Jerzy Zbaraski. Evidence of the City of Zbarazh formation can be seen in the Ruthenia fortress dating back to 1211 that was positioned somewhat away from current castle. Today this is a village of Zbarazky District located in the immediate proximity of Zbarazh itself and called the Village of Stary Zbarazh. At that distant time the old castle and the province was ruled by Gediminids Landlords Zbarazky...
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  • 8. Pidhirtsi Castle Pidhirtsi
    Pidhirtsi Castle is a residential castle-fortress located in the village of Pidhirtsi in Lviv Oblast western Ukraine, located eighty kilometers east of Lviv. It was constructed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan between 1635–1640 by order of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Grand Crown Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski, on the place of the older fortress. The castle was then part of the Kingdom of Poland and it is regarded as the most valuable of palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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  • 9. Zolochiv Castle Zolochiv
    Zolochiv is a small city of district significance in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, the administrative center of Zolochiv Raion. The city is located 60 kilometers east of Lviv along highway H02 Lviv-Ternopil and the railway line Krasne-Ternopil. Its population is approximately 24,269 , covering an area of 1,164 km2 .
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