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www.belarustourism.by UNESCO Heritage Jewel necklace from pearls of Belarus www.belarustourism.by | 1 CONTENT INTRODUCTION BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHA 6 CASTLE COMPLEX "MIR" 8 ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL COMPLEX OF THE RADZIWILL FAMILY AT NESVIZH 10 GEODESIC STRUVE ARC 12 ALIVE TRADITIONS OF FORGOTTEN TIMES 14 PEARL COLLECTION 16 index location num- on the page ber map 1 G1 Belovezhskaya Pushcha, (Kamenyuki village, 6 iscover the enchanting beauty of Kamenets district, Brest region, GPS: 52°33’18"N, 2 H1 Archaeological Museum "Berastse" (Brest City, 7 DBelarus! Belarus with its elegant Brest region, GPS: 52°6’1"N, 23°40’48"E) 3 H1 Museum "Saved artistic value", (Brest City, 7 old palaces and mighty castles, steeped in Brest region, GPS: 52°6’1"N, 23°40’48"E) 4 E4 Castle complex "Mir" (Korelichi district, Grodno 8 legends, mysterious lakes and forests, richly region, GPS: 53°27’7"N, 26°28’11"E) 5 E4 Pokrovsk church (XIX c.), (Turets, Korelichi 9 laden with ringing piney scent. district, Grodno region, GPS: 53°31’42"N, 26°18’39"E) 6 E4 St. Anna’s church (XVIII c.), (Voroncha, Korelichi 9 You will visit hundreds of amazing district, Grodno region, GPS: 53°25’1"N, 26°3’34"E) 7 F4 Architectural and Cultural Complex of the Radzi- 10 historical sites and will be pleasantly surprised will Family at Nesvizh, (Nesvizh, Nesvizh district, Minsk region, GPS: 53°13’22"N, 26°41’30"E) by the boundless hospitality of the Belarusian 8 E4 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church (1588), (Novyj 11 Sverzen, Stolbtsy district, Minsk region, people. Four locations on the territory of GPS: 53°27’23"N, 26°43’42"E) 9 E4 Uspenskaya сhurch (1590 ), (Novyj Sverzen, 11 the country are inscribed on the UNESCO Stolbtsy district, Minsk region, GPS: 53°27’23"N, 26°43’42"E) World Heritage List. Mir Castle Complex 10 D4 Tupiszki*, (Oshmiany district, Grodno region, 12 GPS: 54°17'29"N, 26°02'43"E) and Niaswizh Castle will unveil the secrets 11 E2 Lopaty*, (Schuchin district, Grodno region, 12 GPS: 53°33'37"N, 24°52'11"E) of the legendary magnate Radziwilly family. 12 H3 Ossovnitsa*, (Ivanovo district, Brest region, 12 GPS: 52°17'21"N, 25°38'58"E) Bialowieza Forest astonishes its visitors with 13 G3 Schekotsk*, (Schekotsk, Ivanovo district, Brest 12 region, GPS: 52°12'12"N, 25°32'23"E) its Living Edens beauty. Meanwhile the Struve 14 G3 Leskovichi, (Lyaskovichu, Ivanovo district, Brest 12 region, GPS: 52°10'5"N, 25°33'18"E) Geodetic Arc easily amazes imagination with 15 G3 Bezhdezh*, (Drogichin district, Brest region, 13 GPS: 52°19'19"N, 25°18'45"E) its originality – it is the longest monument 16 E4 Point "Amaliengof"*, (3.5 km to south-east from 13 Vselub, Novogrudok district, Grodno region, in the world which yielded the first accurate GPS: 53°43'15"N, 25°47'57"E) 17 D4 Ruins of medieval Sapieh`s castle (beg. XVII c.), 13 measurement of a meridian. (Golshany, Oshmiany district, Grodno region, GPS: 54°15'30"N, 26°0'35"E) In this edition you will also get yourselves 18 D4 Monastery of the Franciscans and St. John the 13 Baptist’s church (XVII в.), (Golshany, Oshmiany familiar with the Belarusian architectural district, Grodno region, GPS: 54°15'30"N, 26°0'35"E) 19 D4 Petropavlovsk Church (XVIII c.), (Boruny, Osh- 13 gems that are just getting ready to replenish miany district, Grodno region, GPS: 54°19'4"N, 26°8'11"E) 20 G3 Folk museum "Bezdezhskij Fartushok"(Bezdezh, 13 the UNESCO World Treasury List; you will read Drogichin district, Brest region, GPS: 52°19'19"N, 25°18'45"E) about a unique spectacular ceremony which is 21 E4 St. Kazimir’s Church (1443), (Vselub, Novogrudok 13 district, Grodno region) GPS: 53°43'15"N, 25°47'57"E) already inscribed on the UNESCO List of the 22 F5 Ceremony «Kolyadnye Tsari**, (Semexhevo, 14 Kopyl district, Minsk region,GPS: 52°56'51"N, 26°59'58"E) Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 23 D9 Creative work of master-fullers ***(Drybin 15 district, Mogilev region, GPS: 54°7'12"N, 31°5'39"E) We wish you most vivid emotions and 24 E1 Kalozha Church (1189 ), (Grodno, Grodno region, 16 GPS: 53°40'42"N, 23°49'6"E) unforgettable experiences from meeting 25 G1 Belaya Vezha (XIII c.), (Kamenets, Kamenets 16 district, Brest region, GPS: 52°24'17"N, 23°49'10"E) warm and beautiful Belarus! 26 E1 Augustow Canal (XIX c.) (Grodno district, 16 Grodno region, GPS: 53°51'51"N, 23°43'19"E) 27 E3 Malomozhejkovskaya Church or Murovanka (XVI 17 c.)****, (Schuchinsk district, Grodno region, GPS: 53°41'59"N, 25°0'7"E) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A Latvia 30 B Vitebsk region 28 C Lithuania 19 D 10 17 18 Минск 26 Grodno 27 33 11 E 24 16 21 Grodno 5 Minsk region 6 4 8 9 region 7 F 29 Poland 22 Brest 1 region G 25 15 13 Gomel 14 36 region Brest 20 12 35 28 2 3 31 40 37 38 H 39 I Ukraine 50 кm index location 7 8 9 10 num- on the page ber map 28 C4 St. John the Baptist’s church (beg. of 17 XVII c.)****, (Kamai, Postavy district, Vitebsk region, GPS: 55°3'37"N, 26°36'19"E) 29 F3 St. Archangel Mihail’s Church (XV c.)****, 17 (Synkovichi, Zelva district, Grodno region, GPS: 53°7'23"N, 25°9'27"E) 30 B6 Sophia Cathedral (1044 – 1066 ) и Spaso- 17 Preobrazhenskaya Church (сер. XII в.), (Polotsk, Polotsk district, Vitebsk region, GPS: 55°29'10"N, 8°45'31"E) Vitebsk 31 H1 Brest Fortress (end of XVIII – beg. of XIX cc.), 18 (Brest, Brest district, Brest region, GPS: 52°5'0"N, 23°39'17"E) 32 E8 The Convent of St. Nikolsk(founded in XVI c.), 18 (Mogilev, Mogilev district, Mogilev region, GPS: 53°53'37"N, 30°20'44"E) Russia 33 E5 Independence Avenue architectural complex 18 (1940–50), (Minsk, Minsk district, Minsk region, GPS: 53°54'8"N, 27°33'42"E) 34 G9 Palace and park ensemble, (Gomel, Gomel 18 region GPS: 52°25'19"N, 31°0'59"E) 35 H5 George’s church (XVII c.)*****, (Davyd-Gorodok, 19 23 Stolyn district, Brest region, GPS: 52°3'21"N, 27°13'48"E) Mogilev 36 G5 Nikolaevskaya church (1816 )*****, (Kozhan- 19 32 Gorodok, Luninets district, Brest region, GPS: 52°12'19"N, 27°0'35"E) Mogilev 37 H5 Mihailovskaya church (1796 )*****, (Rubel, 19 region Stolin district, Brest region, GPS: 51°58'16"N, 27°3'38"E) 38 H5 Iliinskaya church (1881 )*****, (Velemichi, 19 Stolin district, Brest region, GPS: 52°1'12"N, 27°14'32"E) 39 H5 Mihailovskaya church (1784)*****, (Olpen, 19 Stolin district, Brest region, GPS: 52°1'9"N, 27°9'35"E) 40 H5 Parasekva Pyatnitsa’s church (1884 )*****, 19 (Berezhnoe, Stolin district, Brest region, GPS: 51°59'35"N, 26°59'31"E) Gomel Gomel 34 region Symbolic notations Notes: The following things are designated by *Geodesic Struve arc (arc points) color on the map and in the text: ** The list of non-material cultural heritage needing urgent 5 OBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE LIST protection OF UNESCO WORLD CULTURAL *** The candidate for inclusion in the Representative list HERITAGE of non-material cultural heritage of mankind OBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PRE- 5 LIMINARY LIST OF UNESCO **** Hieratic constructions of defensive type of Belarus, Lithuania, Poland 5 OBJECTS OF NON-MATERIAL Ukraine CULTURAL HERITAGE ***** Wooden hieratic architecture of the XVII–XVIII centuries in Polesye 5 OTHER SIGHTS BIALOWIEZA FOREST 5 The giant pinetree ild and pristine Bialowieza Forest (Kamenyuki mighty giants inhabits the Forest! It is better to book village, Kamenets District, Brest Region, GPS: a guided tour to truly appreciate the beauty of ancient W52°33'18"N, 23°48'14"E) 1 is located in the south- supernatural beauty. Experienced tour guides will show you west of Belarus, on the border with Poland. The national the most amazing highlights and will introduce you to the reserve covers a huge area of over 160 thousand hectares history of the Bialowieza Forest. and is one of the largest in Europe. It is convenient to travel by a little train, by bike The first written mention of the Bialowieza Forest is or by horse carriage. You will see unique fen bogs, found in the Ipatiev Chronicle and it dates back to 983. reminiscent of the Amazon landscapes, ancient manor In the XV century Jagiello who was fond of the beauty of of Counts Tyszkiewicz, picturesque "royal road" on these places, declared them a prohibited area. But already which the Russian monarchs loved to walk, frontier his successors liked to arrange luxurious hunting in the outpost, beautiful forest lakes and so much more. area. The Bialowieza Forest suffered heavy losses during Take a dip into the bright world of children’s imagination World War II, when the occupants cut down and removed in the estate of the Belarusian Father Frost. The fabulous about 4.5 million cubic meters of valuable timber – more kind-hearted magician receives guests from more than 90 than ever in the history of the Forest. Over the centuries, countries year-round. the reserve became the property of Russia, and then it was Father Frost’s granddaughter Snow Maiden joins her in the possession of Poland. In 1939 the Forest became grandfather at the estate during the winter.