In the Grodno region there is a rather unusual architectural monument - a rare example when an Orthodox church was rebuilt into a church. As you know, after 1863, basically the opposite happened: Catholic churches were closed, and then they were rebuilt according to ...

The Bernardine monks began their mission in Slutsk in the first half of the 17th century with the support of Samuel Oskerko, the headman of Mozyr. For the construction of the future monastery, he bought out part of the land next to his Slutsk estate, and in ...

In the old part of Vitebsk, at the crossroads of today's Lenin and Suvorov streets, there used to be a massive church of St. Anthony of Padua. At a time when the temple had not yet been destroyed, this section of the city was called the Town Hall Square. In the picture...

The village of Germanovichi is mentioned in chronicles as early as the middle of the 16th century as the possession of the Sapieha Ikaznenskys. From them, the estate passed to Baron Gilsen (this family had a family residence in Osvey). Then the Germanoviches went to Ignatius ...

Fashchevka is a fairly large village in the Shklovsky district, Mogilev region. The first mention of the town in the annals dates back to the 17th century, then it was the possession of Sigismund III Vasa. Unfortunately, the main and most important attraction in...

The village of Kamen is located a few kilometers from the urban village of Ivenets, Volozhinsky district. Of the sights here, one can single out the rebuilt church of Saints Peter and Paul, as well as a natural monument - the "Devil's Stone" boulder. Outwardly, this unremarkable ...

There are a lot of monuments of neo-Gothic architecture on the territory of modern Belarus. The vast majority of which are churches of the late 19th - first half of the 20th century, but there are also estates and tombs. This article contains 10...

Chechersk, Gomel region, has a rich and long history with its ups and downs. Even today, the city has enough interesting architectural monuments, but before the events of the mid-20th century there were much more of them. So for example...

In the list of sights of the city of Orsha there is a former monastery of the Basilian order, which was located on the right bank of the Orshitsa River. It was founded in the middle of the 17th century and was originally Uniate. The first buildings were made of wood, and...

One of the sights of Orsha is a former Dominican church of the 19th century. Its atypical architecture is the result of several reconstructions after which the appearance of the temple has changed dramatically. The history of the Dominican monastery begins in the distant 17th century....