Zhovkva (chapter 2)

                   View of Vicheva square - main and the ancientest street in Zhovkva

Townhall was constructed in the XVIIth century and nowadays functions also as Zhovkva townhall.

                       Townhall with a part of the fortificational wall with tower

         Vicheva square and its buildings constructed in the XVIIth century

           One of the oldest buildings, built in the XVIIth century on Vicheva square

Basilian monastery's complex: Jesus Christ Nativity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (early XVIIth century), men's monastery (built in 1721-1730), bell-tower, complex of the publishing-house of Basilian priests (early XXth century).

                                 Jesus Christ Nativity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

                            Bell-tower of Basilian monastery's complex

                            Jesus Christ Nativity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

                            Jesus Christ Nativity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

                                Bell-tower of Basilian monastery's complex

St. Lavrentiy Catholic Cathedral was built in 1606-1623. Here are buried Zhovkva founder Stanislav Zholkevskyy with his family and Yakub Sobeskyy, the father of Polish king Yan III Sobeskyy.

                            St. Lavrentiy Catholic Cathedral and bell-tower behind

                               St. Lavrentiy Catholic Cathedral

                                   St. Lavrentiy Catholic Cathedral's stairs

                              St. Lavrentiy Catholic Cathedral

                              Small bridge in the city's park.

                              Allegoric monument in the city's park.

Monument to the warriors of the war in Afghanistan (in Soviet period).

Monument to died participators (Zhovkva citizens) in military conflicts and wars abroad.

Monument to Yevhen Konovalets, famous colonel of Sichovi Striltsi (Ukrainian warriors in 1913-1920), founder of Ukrainian Military Organization (in Ukrainian - УВО) in 1920, founder of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (in Ukrainian - ОУН) in 1929.

One of old buildings on UPA Warriors street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

One of old buildings on UPA Warriors street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

One of old buildings on UPA Warriors street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

One of old buildings on UPA Warriors street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

One of old buildings on Stepan Bandera street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

 

One of old buildings on Stepan Bandera street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries)

One of old buildings on Lvivska street (the end of the XIXth-early XXth centuries).

Zhovkva football stadium. Yeh, football is very popular kind of sport in Ukraine. :)