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Zamchishche
In the XIV century, a powerful wooden fortification with a high wall and towers appeared here. Subsequently, it was owned by representatives of various gentry families. The last of them were the Oginsky ones. At the beginning of the XVIII century, the Molodechno Castle turned into a stone palace, where there was even a greenhouse....
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The Church of St. Mary of Egypt
The sky-blue temple was built in 1865 and is stylized under the Old Russian architecture. It has a tower clock, the dials of which are directed in different directions.
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
The stone church in Borisov was built in 1823 on the site of the wooden church of 1642, which burned down at the beginning of the XIX century. Priest Anufriy Gzovsky made a lot of efforts to revive the church. The current Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in the style...
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Old Roads Railway Station
This station is one of the oldest in Belarus and in 2021 it celebrated its 125th anniversary. Due to the swampiness of the area, the gati was laid between the settlements. So there was a railway, which became the starting point of the history of the city. Today, railway workers maintain the tracks, pass trains,...
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Alley of Creative Benches
In Zhodino, an alley of benches consisting of 32 art objects appeared on Lenin Avenue for the 55th anniversary of the city. All the benches are different in design, made outside the box, with imagination and created with the participation of collectives of organizations and enterprises of the city. According to the plan of the...
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Myadel Calvary
Calvaria is an architectural composition dedicated to the way of the Cross of Jesus Christ. The calvary in Myadel is one of the ten most famous in Europe. The legend of the “Myadel Jerusalem” tells that the owner of the town of Old Myadel, Anthony Koschits, really wanted a son. He had an heir only...
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Church of the Heart of Jesus
It is located in ag. Ilya, is a monument of neo-Romanesque architecture and a real decoration of the village. The church was built in 1907, in the 90s of the twentieth century, the temple was restored.
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Rukhov carpets
The technology of manufacturing an unusual attribute of the interior of Old Roads –paintings made of straw on a black canvas – is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of Belarus. Rukhovo carpets appeared in the 50s of the 20th century in the small village of Rukhovo, near the Old Roads....
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Mound of Glory
One of the most significant memorials to the victims of the war was created for the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus in 1969 and perpetuated the feat of arms of the soldiers of the Soviet Army and partisans. The 35-meter-high hill is based on the land of all the hero cities of the...
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Running festival “Yazylskaya ten”
The national running festival “Yazylskaya Ten” has been held in the region since 1987 and gathers professionals and running enthusiasts not only from all over Belarus, but also from neighboring countries in the Old Roads. The number of athletes of different ages is several thousand.
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