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Great Synagogue (Zhovkva)

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The Great Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue, located on Vulytsya Zaporizʹka , in Zhovkva (Zółkiew), in the Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast, of Ukraine. It was built between 1692 and 1698 with a financial loan from King John III Sobieski, and was hence also known as the Sobieski Shul.[1]

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As a fortress synagogue, the building's walls were 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) thick and it had a heavy door.[5]

The building's roof and most of its interior were destroyed during the Holocaust.[6] It was afterwards used as a warehouse. Partial rebuilding was carried out in 1955–1956 and 1992, but the synagogue has continued to deteriorate nonetheless.[1][6] It was included in the 2000 World Monuments Watch; and an approved restoration plan commenced from 2001.[6]

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