Zhovkva - planned city of the Renaissance
Designation: Zhovkva - planned city of the Renaissance
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Duration: 1 Tag
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Itinerary
The schedule of the excursion can vary and be tailored to the wishes of the guests.
After picking up at the hotel / apartment and crossing to Zhovkva, where a guided tour is pending and sightseeing of the city of Zhovkva is visited, another excursion destination can be added, namely the monastery in Krechiv.
Of course, a combination with other tours / excursions around Lviv is possible, for example, after returning from the castle in Olesko, a stop in the city of Zhovkva can be scheduled.
Just contact us, and together we will create the exact travel program for your Lvov and Zhovka trip.
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If you want to explore the city of Zhovkva yourself, you can reach the city by bus from Lviv. The buses from Lviv run regularly from the bus station "North" (formerly №2) Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street, 225.
The journey takes about 45 minutes. The bus station in Zhovkva is located next to the Old Town, right next to the old synagogue.
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Places of interest
Stanisław Żółkiewski, whose family name the city Zhovkva bears, intended to build an "ideal city" of the Renaissance era.
The construction was begun in 1594, the city map was drawn in the form of the human body. The castle was the head of the city, the marketplace, the lungs, the Catholic and Orthodox Church the heart. The town gates the hands and legs of the city. The streets were straight, wide and open to the sun and fresh air.
All townhouses have been built in the same architectural style, with repetition of the decoration. Thus, in Zhovkva was created a unique architectural whole. To his constituents include: the medieval castle (1594), was the residence of Polish King Jan III Sobieski, St. Lawrence's Church (1606-1618), with the falling tower called "small Pisa tower",for his little inclination. St. Lawrence's church is also known as the "little Wawel", because here is located the tomb of the family Sobeski and Zhowkeski. The Basilian monastery of the Sacred Heart Church, the Synagogue (1692-1700), was the second most beautiful and magnificent, after the synagogue in Amsterdam, in Europe.