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While in the ancient city of Pinsk, be sure to visit the unique church of St. Charles Baromey on Kirov Street, 37. This temple was built at the turn of the Baroque and Classicism eras. With its "stocky" appearance with thick walls and underground passages, it...

Zapolye is sort of like a village in the Pinsk region, but located just a few kilometers from the center of Pinsk. In fact, the boundaries of the settlement are blurred, and the conditional village smoothly flows into the outskirts of the city. These places are quite...

The unofficial capital of Polissya, Pinsk, is rich in sights and history, after all, it was founded back in 1097. This city is famous for its architecture and central pedestrian street. There are also several buildings that can be safely called ...

Pinsk is a unique city in the Brest region, which is unofficially considered the capital of Polissya. Pinsk is also interesting from the point of view of tourism, unique architectural monuments have been preserved here, among which the Butrimovich Palace in the central part stands out. Pinsky Moor...

Architectural complex in the center of Pinsk One of the largest and most beautiful monasteries of Belarus has been preserved in the historical part of the city of Pinsk. Its foundation dates back to the end of the 14th century, when the monks of the Franciscan order settled here. This architectural complex...

Sights of Pinsk The history of the city dates back to the 11th century, the first mention in 1097. Before becoming a part of the Republic of Belarus, Pinsk managed to visit the Principality of Turov, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Commonwealth, the Russian Empire, ...

The Pinsk St. Barbarian Monastery was first mentioned in the first half of the 16th century, when the Pinsk prince Feodor Yaroslavich donated the nearby villages of Vysokoye, Goltsy, Duboi, Lisotsk and the Piskalovshchina courtyard to the monastery. The buildings of that time were mostly built of wood. IN...

Abandoned hotel "Bristol" This building belonged at the end of the XNUMXth century to Lazar Bregman, one of the influential people in the city of Pinsk. Here we cannot give the exact age of the building and years of construction. The plaque on the building says that...

The place from where motor ships depart with passenger traffic from April to October is the river station of Pinsk. It belongs to the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian River Shipping Company". There is a waiting room and a ticket office. On regular flights, the ship follows Pripyat to ...

Military pillbox from the times of the Great Patriotic War The pillbox in Pinsk is located right in the center of the city, on the banks of the navigable river Pina. From the side of the river, the military pillbox is covered by a support from the old bridge. The support of the bridge is decorated with beautiful graphics "Pinsk...