Zolochiv

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This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.

Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochivsky Raion (district).

Sobieskiego Street in Zloczow, 1916
Sobieskiego Street in Zloczow, 1916

Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Located in the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to several noble families. In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Austria, and in 1918, following the World War One, it passed to Poland. Zolochiv, known then as Zloczow, belonged to the Tarnopol Voivodship until the Polish September Campaign, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union. Now, it is part of independent Ukraine.

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[edit] Architectural landmarks

  • Zolochiv Castle, built in the 1610s and 1620s
  • Stone Synagogue, built in the 17th century ([1])

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Detail of the Zolochiv Castle: Sobieski coat of arms (1634), with initials J.S.K.K.S.K, that is, "Jakub Sobieski, Krajczy Koronny, Starosta Krasnostawski"
Detail of the Zolochiv Castle: Sobieski coat of arms (1634), with initials J.S.K.K.S.K, that is, "Jakub Sobieski, Krajczy Koronny, Starosta Krasnostawski"

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Coordinates: 49°48′30″N, 24°54′04″E