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Palace and Park ensemble
The town of Smilovichi at different times belonged to representatives of different families, including Oginsky, Monyushko, Vankovichi. The palace in Smilovichi appeared in the XVII century under the Oginskys. It was this building that served as the basis for the palace complex, which has partially survived to this day. In the first half of the...
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Alba Forest Park
The name of the park was given in honor of the Italian city of Alba Longa, which was called the mother of Rome. Nikolai Christopher Radziwill Sirotka began creating Radziwill parks in the style of Italian landscape art of the Renaissance after numerous trips to Europe. Later, Alba was built by Mikhail Kazimir Rybonka in...
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Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Deliverer”
The temple was built in 1997-1998 by the architect Vladimir Danilenko and is stylized in the forms of ancient Russian architecture. The lower crypt church is illuminated in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon.
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Holy Spring in Rakov
According to legend, in the XV century, an infirm and blind old man, fulfilling the order of the Virgin Mary who appeared to him in a dream, went to the edge of the village, but got lost, accidentally came across a spring, drank water from it. At that very moment, a miracle happened: the disease...
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The Elenskys ‘ estate in the village of Tucha
The cloud was first mentioned in the middle of the XVI century as the possession of the mother of Zhigimont II August, already in 1575 the place became part of the Radziwills ‘ possessions. The Elenskys, its last owners, came here in the XVIII century. At the end of the XVIII century, a central manor...
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The rite of the “Generous”
The rite of the “Generous” of the village of Rog of the Soligorsky district has the status of an intangible cultural value. This rite has been preserved in the form in which our ancestors knew it. “Shchedrets” are held on the night of January 13-14 with the participation of traditional masked characters. Its peculiarity is...
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The Belarus Cinema
А modernist wooden building built in the post–war years and which has become a local architectural landmark for half a century, was given a second chance – the reconstruction project meant preserving its architectural uniqueness. Today, this modern multifunctional entertainment space with a platform where you can watch movies in the open air, hold meetings,...
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Monument to Prince Boris
The monument, erected in 2002 in honor of the 900th anniversary of Borisov, has become the «visit-card» of the city. The city owes its appearance to Prince Boris Vseslavich of Polotsk, the son of the legendary Vseslav the Sorcerer. According to the chronicles, in 1102 Вoris founded the city at the confluence of the rivers...
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St. Valentine’s Church
A church was built in the center of Smolevichi in 2008, and the only monument to St. Nicholas in Belarus is installed in the square next to it. Valentine is the patron saint of lovers: with one hand he holds a staff, with the other he blesses the newlyweds, who traditionally leave locks on the...
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Masterpieces by Nadia Khodasevich-Leger
In the village of Zembin, in the Museum of Folk Glory, which is located in the local House of Culture, there is an exhibition with original mosaics by the world-famous artist Nadia Khodasevich-Leger. Also in the museum you can see a gallery of copies of masterpieces of world fine art, which the French artist Nadi...
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