Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in lviv”. Today it says “oldest synagogue in what is now ukraine”.
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Golden Rose Synagogue ( Ukrainian : Золота Роза , romanized : Zolota Roza ; Polish : Złota Róża ; Yiddish : די גאָלדען רויז , romanized : Di Golden Royz ), known also as the Nachmanowicz Synagogue , or the Turei Zahav Synagogue ( Hebrew : בית הכנסת טורי זהב ) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue , located in Lviv , in what is now the Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine . The Golden Rose Synagogue, established in 1582 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , was the oldest synagogue in what is now Ukraine. From September 1603 until 1801, the Golden Rose served as the main communal synagogue while the Great City Synagogue expanded its facilities. Both the Golden Rose and Great City synagogues were destroyed by Nazis during World War II . "Remnants of the "Golden Rose" Synagogue" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Golden Rose Synagogue , known also as the Nachmanowicz Synagogue , or the Turei Zahav Synagogue ( ). presently a standing ruin, was a synagogue in Lviv , Ukraine . The Golden Rose Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in Ukraine.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Golden Rose Synagogue , known also as the Nachmanowicz Synagogue , or the Turei Zahav Synagogue ( ) was a synagogue in Lviv , Ukraine . The Golden Rose Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in Ukraine.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Former synagogue in Lviv, Ukraine The Golden Rose Synagogue , known also as the Nachmanowicz Synagogue , or the Turei Zahav Synagogue ( ) was a synagogue in Lviv , western Ukraine . The Golden Rose Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in what is now Ukraine.
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synagogue in lviv
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oldest synagogue in what is now ukraine
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