Tag: Polonechka
Teofil Eugeniusz Boretti – photographer documenting Belarus at the end of the 19th century
Taking up photography now and, for example, 100 years ago is a completely different matter. Any centuries-old photographs are highly valued among collectors and enthusiasts. In addition, such photographs help to see familiar and not...
Manor of the Radziwills in the village of Polonechka
Polonechka is a very interesting village in the Brest region. It is located 120 kilometers from Minsk. On the way there will be the village of Mir, the villages of Small and Bolshoi Zhukhovichi. The main attraction of the settlement is the old Radziwill Manor. Long...
Polonechka - a wooden temple of 1899
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 ...
Abandoned estates in Belarus - part 2.
Exactly a year ago, our website published the material "Abandoned Estates in Belarus", and today we are publishing the second part of interesting ruined and neglected family estates. Once they struck with their architectural forms, but today they only evoke ...
The ruins of the manor and icehouse of Chechotov in the village of Zadveya
Zadveya from the 18th century belonged to the Mezheevsky family. Since 1844, when Matvey Mezheevsky owned this place, the estate included a manor house, a manor, and two villages. The manor complex was located near the village of Polonechka, on the banks of the Dveika stream...
Polonechka – the ruins of a watermill from 1819
The small village of Polonechka is located tens of kilometers from the M1 highway, at the intersection of two roads - H277 and H295, leading to Ishkold (by the way, one of the oldest churches in Belarus is located there). Just outside and...