St. Mark's Church (; ) is a partially destroyed

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church in the former city of

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(''Waręż''), in

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of western

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. It was designed in the early Baroque style by Wojciech Lentarowicz and built during 1688-1693. A fire in 1796 burned down the church's two towers; they were rebuilt afterwards, but were lower than they were originally. Inside the church are the remnants of

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work dating back to the second half of the 18th century.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mark's Church, Variazh Buildings and structures in Lviv Oblast Former churches in Ukraine Churches completed in 1693 1693 establishments in Europe Former Roman Catholic church buildings Baroque church buildings in Ukraine