Tag: Radziwills

The village of Zaushye, like many other places in the Nesvizh region, is closely connected with the surname of the Radziwills. So in 1768 these lands became devoted to Theophilia Radziwill, who tied the knot with Ignatius of Moravia. V...

Church of St. George in the village of Polonechka One of the main attractions in the village of Polonechka is the abandoned palace of the Radziwills, but besides it, you should definitely see the wooden church of St. George. The first version of the temple was built in the middle ...

Dyatlovo is a small but interesting city in the Grodno region, located at an equal distance from Novogrudok, Slonim and Lida. Of the attractions in Dyatlovo, it is worth highlighting the Church of the Virgin Mary, as well as the former palace of the Radziwills. To the Radziwills...

20 kilometers from Dzerzhinsk there is a neat and well-kept agricultural town of Rubezhivichi, where there is the neo-Gothic Church of St. Joseph, one of the main attractions of this place. Rubezhevichi has been known since the 15th century as the possession of Prince Vasily the Udaly...

In the Stolbtsy district, Minsk region, there is a village with a sonorous and atypical name - Kul. Such a name could have gone to this place during the period of the Mongol-Tatar yoke, from the Turkic "kul" literally means "lake". There are also...

The village of Derevnoye (Derevnaya in some sources) was first mentioned in the 15th century as part of the possessions of the Gedigoldoviches. The main and most interesting attraction is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The temple is located in the heart of the village...

The village with the sonorous name Belogruda is located 15 kilometers from the city of Lida. It has been mentioned in chronicles since the first half of the 16th century, when the estate belonged to the Zawisze family. The Catholic parish was organized at the beginning of the 17th century...

Peter and Paul Church An interesting example of wooden churches can be seen in the village of Bolshie Zhukhovichi. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in 1745 and is the main attraction of these places. These lands began to belong to the Radzwills since 1568....

Church in the village of Stolovichi Not far from the M1 highway and the exit to Baranovichi is the village of Stolovichi. Here you can look at possibly the only temple of the Knights of the Order of Malta on the territory of modern Belarus. The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky is located on...

Among the historical sites of Belarus, the Nesvizh castle of the Radziwills is very popular. The palace in Nesvizh is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and has a rich and interesting history. History and stages of construction The place for the construction of the palace was not chosen by chance. Here was...