The Zhabrovskys’ tomb and the grave of Vincent Dunin-Marcinkevich
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The chapel-tomb of the Zhabrovsky family is located near the village of Padnevichi. The tomb was built in 1852 from rubble stone in the retrospective-Gothic style at the local cemetery and was used for a long time as a burial place for representatives of this gentry family, whose estate was located nearby. Also in the town of Padnevichi there is the grave of one of the most famous playwrights and classics of Belarusian literature – Vincent Dunin-Marcinkevich. The poet lived and worked near Padnevichi, in 1840 he bought a small estate Lyutinka. Here he opened a school, staged several performances and wrote one of his most famous works, «The Pinsk Gentry».
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