Olesko

Olesko (; ) is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .

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Settlement.official_name: Olesko
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Image:Olesko coa 1936.png
Settlement.imagesize: 150px
Settlement.image_caption: Symbol of Olesko. 1 Sas, 2 Topór, 3 Herburt, 4 Korczak. Coat of arms of Jan Daniłowicz h. Sas (landowner in 1605), from his mother Katarzyna Tarło/wa h. Topór, and his grandmothers Katarzyna Odnowski/a h. Herburt, and Regina Malczycki/a h. Korczak.
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Olesko within Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lviv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion

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Olesko (; ) is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .

==History== It was the seat of the rebbes of Alesk, and also the birthplace of Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.