Places

Castle of the Guts and Radziwills

The settlement originated in the 13th century. Since 1465, it has been the property of voivode Kezgail, then of the Gasthold family, it is the gut. It has been a small town since 1528. In 1575, Kiska founded a castle here, which was completed by the Radziwills in 1606. In 1590, the town received Magdeburg rights, and in 1644, the coat of arms. During the war of 1654-1667, the village was completely destroyed. In 1949, a school was built from castle bricks. In 1910, the church of St. Elijah was built in the pseudo-Russian style. The synagogue and cheder (19th century), as well as the ancestral buildings of the 19th century, have been preserved.

Castle Hill

For 500 years, the Mstislav Castle has endured numerous sieges. As a result, the castle was finally destroyed by the Moscow state. Since 1386, the castle has repeatedly withstood sieges by Moscow troops. During the war of 1654-1667, it was burned down, but it was immediately rebuilt by the residents of the city. In 1660 and 1708, the castle was razed to the ground by order of the Moscow tsar. The fortress was restored again and lasted until 1772.

The castle

"Svitzyansky" Reserve

From a bird's eye view, Lake Svityaz – with an area of about 170 hectares – forms an almost perfect circle. In 1970, the Svityazyansky State Landscape Reserve was established on the lands adjacent to the lake. Many legends and tales live on the shores of this natural gem, which are mentioned in the works of Adam Mickiewicz.

Zaslavl. Sources

More recently, there were two sacred springs in this former town. One of them, the larger one, was on the very bank of the Blueberry River, not far from Bolshaya Street. The second, more modest one, which bore the very touching name "tears of Rogneda", flowed behind the rampart of the Zaslavsky settlement. She has almost disappeared from our eyes today. But the blueberry spring has recently received a beautiful new gazebo or canopy with a dome and a cross. I really hope that the source of the "tears of Rogneda" will come to life again someday.

Outpost house

Here you can see an architectural monument from the category of postal stations and outposts. In 1852, on the old postal tract - today it is the P43 road - this brick Outpost house in the classical style was probably built according to a ready-made project. The outbuildings erected with the house have not been preserved.

Zasulye

Since the beginning of the 19th century. this estate belonged to the noble family of Sventorzhetsky. At the end of the century, the Krupsky family began to rule here. After returning from Siberian exile in 1872. Karol Kostrovitsky lived here for only a year, and he was probably buried in Zasul. The ruins of a distillery, which was built of treated fieldstone, remain from the former small farm. An alcohol dispenser has been preserved nearby, also in a damaged condition. These buildings, erected in 1892, are still a striking example of eclectic industrial architecture today.

West Gate

Enchanted Bridge and bridge of the bride

When I come across this bridge, I always remember an interesting legend about it, told to me in childhood by my uncle, a wonderful storyteller and writer, who at one time worked in the Radziwill Economy as a forester and at the same time was a hereditary hunter.When the bride's veil was torn off by the wind during the wedding procession on this bridge, the girl forbade her to lift it, explaining that her previous hardships and losses had flown with the veil. The bride spent the entire wedding in a modest wreath of fresh flowers.\r\n

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The Bell tower

The bell tower of the Church of St. Peter and Paul

Since 1528, Kivatichi has been mentioned in written sources as the property of the Pats family. Then these lands were owned by the Mezhevskys. A wooden chapel (19th century), built in the style of folk architecture, has been preserved from the church destroyed during World War II in the ancient Catholic cemetery. The cemeteries themselves are unique with many interesting stone and metal tombstones of the owners of local estates.

Earthen fortifications of the War of 1812 "Batteries"

Earthworks to create fortifications to protect the city and the bridge over the Berezina River were begun on the eve of the hostilities of 1812. With the outbreak of war, they were left unfinished, not even artillery pieces were installed. Nevertheless, they played an important role during the invasion of the French army. In the late 1920s. the fortifications received the status of a historical monument.

Agricultural school

The Ascension Church in the retrospective Russian style of red brick has been preserved here. It was built according to one of the standard projects near the river in 1908. Until 1989, the temple was in ruins. In 1868, colorful buildings of the Art Nouveau agricultural school were built of light brick. The large L-shaped main building and the wing building are located side by side in the depths of the old park.

Agricultural school: wing

Zemstvo Council

Several architectural monuments have been preserved in this lovely provincial town. Among them is a significantly rebuilt fire station building, according to another version-a service building (1903), several outbuildings of complex construction (1906), a sturdy small refrigerator made of rubble stone and a two-story building of the zemstvo council (1914).

Zlobayshyna

Around the middle of the 18th century, the estate became the property of the Volovichi, then the Mosolsky. Since the end of the XVIII century. The estate was owned by the Gauvalt family, then by the Glazers. By the end of the 19th century. The estate passed into the possession of the Zalyutinskys, who in 1900 built a complex of distillery buildings made of treated stone. To this day, several wooden and brick outbuildings have survived from the estate.

The Italian Garden

Landscape g147 landscape landscape park covers an area of about 20 hectares and has its own landscape features, its own exoticism and unique history. The park was founded in the first decade of the twentieth century. The park is partially surrounded by an artificial pond, there is also an area of exotic plants and an area that was once designated as an "Italian garden". Unfortunately, the bridge connecting the shore of the pond with the islets has been lost.