The towers of the Church of St George in Kamyanets-Podilsky.

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Church of St George


The historic Polish section is dominated by the 19th-century Orthodox Church of St George, with its five spires painted a brilliant azure. One gets here the way one always did: via a bumpy road leading down from the Vitryani (Windy) Gate in the northwest section of the Old Town.


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