Tag: tombs

In the north of the Brest region there is a rather interesting village of Molchad. In written sources, the settlement was mentioned as early as the 15th century, so the history of the place is quite ancient. At the entrance to the village, notice the large cemetery divided...

Almost in the very suburbs of Bobruisk there is a small village of Izyumovo, which before the war was part of the town of Durynichi. Today, of the sights here, only a small chapel-tomb of the Zabello family has been preserved. The chapel was built at the beginning of the 20th century, probably by Shimon...

Kalvariyskoye is the oldest cemetery in Minsk, on the territory of which there are about 30 thousand burials, several tombs, a church, and also a gate. Since 1990, this entire complex has been included in the list of architectural monuments of the capital, and since the beginning...

The main attraction in the village of Repla is the massive neo-Gothic church of the Virgin Mary, but there is another interesting object. An unusual chapel-tomb of the Glazer family has been preserved in the old Catholic cemetery. When you look at this building willy-nilly arise ...

The Chernikhovo estate has been known since the first half of the 16th century as the possession of the Nemirovichi. Then the lands passed to the Ostrozhsky, Dorovichi, Glebovichi, and from the second half of the 17th century - Rdultovsky. It is with their surname that the history of the estate will be connected ...

The Rakovica estate passed to the Tollochko family in the first half of the 18th century. Under them, a wooden manor was erected and a park laid out. Also at the beginning of the 20th century, a family chapel-tomb was built, which can still be seen today. Possible date...

In the village of Novaya Ryasna (Kamenetsky district) there was once the estate of the Matushevich-Grabovskys with a large estate and a park. Most of the buildings of that manor complex have not been preserved, with the exception of the Grabovsky family tomb. The Grabovskys bought the town of Novaya Ryasna in 1849....

One of the most interesting sights of the Drogichinsky district is located in the village of Zakozel and this is the chapel-tomb of the Ozheshko family. For quite a long time, this architectural monument arrived in an abandoned form, but a few years ago its reconstruction began. Therefore quite...

Volpa is an interesting agricultural town of the Volkovysk region, located at the intersection of the P100 and P44 highways. The first annalistic references to Volp date back to the 15th century, and among the famous owners are: Sapieha, Golshansky, Yablonovsky and Platery. Home...

Molodovo is a small agricultural town in the Brest region, where the old church and the Skirmuntov chapel are worth highlighting. There could have been much more sights, but history decreed otherwise. Back in the early 20s...