Places

The Vankovich Estate

The settlement has been known since 1581. The Manivids, Gashtolds, and Volodkovichi owned the local estate. The manor house, the house for workers and the kitchen wing have been preserved from the Vankovich estate. Beyond the ponds are the ruins of a tomb chapel (1822). A wooden watermill with a fieldstone base (1859) has been preserved in good condition. A variety of tree species have been preserved in the majestic Ancient Park.

Workshop for the production of wheels

The estate, which was owned by the noble family of the Penskys in the 19th century, has preserved the beautifully built buildings of a cowshed, refrigerator, blacksmith shop and a workshop for the production of wheels. The estate has been privatized, the building has been restored, and the territory has been landscaped. At the beginning of the 19th century. the chapel-tomb of the owners of the estate in the classical style was built of brick. It is now in a dilapidated state.

Little Lyutinka

And now we will go to the place where our national literature was born. The writer Vincent Dunin-Marcinkevich lived and worked in Lyutinka from 1840 to 1884. It was in Lyutinka that he gave birth to his most talented works. At one time, the second famous writer, Jadwigin S., studied at the home school, which was opened by his children. Such famous Belarusian personalities as the Yelsky brothers, Syrokomlya, and Monyushko were guests here. Only the stone steps and foundations of the manor house have been preserved from the former estate. In 1986, a monument to Dunin-Martsinkevich was erected in Lyutinka.

Dairy Plant

Since 1961 The village is called Krasnaya Dubrova. Initially, the Radziwills owned the estate. Since the beginning of the XVIII century. he became the property of the noble family of Voynilovich. The manor house (according to another version, a dairy factory), the picturesque ruins of St. George's Church (1886), and the family chapel–tomb with 72 crypts have been preserved. In the 1920s, a cattle burial ground was built in the tomb.

Basilianok Monastery: Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

The foundation year of the monastery was 1654. in the late 20s of the XVIII century. according to the project of a talented architect from Italy, I. Fontana, a Baroque Uniate church with elements of classicism was built of brick, consecrated in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin. Until the middle of the XVIII century. The construction of the residential buildings of the Orthodox Church was completed, and the reconstruction of the Basilian shrine was carried out. From 1986 to 1998, the Atheism Museum operated here. Since 1999, the church has been returned to the faithful.

Basilian Monastery: residential building

Basilian Monastery: residential building

Basilian Monastery: residential building

Basilian Monastery: the Church of St. Peter and Paul

The former village of VKL has been known since the 16th century. The Church of St. Basil was built at the Basilian Monastery in 1707. Peter and Paul in the Vilna Baroque style. The construction is interesting for the lack of axial symmetry. The complex includes the monastery buildings, a church, gates and fences, a bell tower and a chapel. In 1793, a sixth-grade school was opened at the monastery. It was completed by Polish writers A. Odinets, Y. Korsak, I. Khodko.

Basilian Monastery: Assumption Cathedral

Some residential buildings, built in the Baroque style in 1785, have been preserved from the former Basilian monastery. The Assumption Cathedral, the main shrine of the monastery, which was erected around the same time, was blown up by the Soviet authorities in 1937 and only in 2011 one of the main shrines of Vitebsk was restored according to available drawings and photographs.

Benedictine Monastery: Brama bell tower

The monastery was built by architect Bernardoni at the expense of Euphemia Radziwill in the Baroque style in 1591. The monastery had a church of St. Euphemia. The bell tower, part of the church and residential buildings have been preserved. There was a music school and a huge library. After the uprising of 1863-1864, the tsarist authorities closed the church and monastery, and all the property was transferred to the Orthodox Church. In 1939, the Soviet authorities closed the shrine again. Today, an educational institution is located in the former monastery.

Benedictine Monastery: residential building

Bernardine Monastery: residential building

Bernardine Monastery: residential building

Bernardine Monastery: residential building

The monastery's huge complex, including residential buildings and a church, was built with donations from Radziwill Sirotka in 1603. The monastery operated a school of philosophy. For participating in the uprising of 1863-1864, the tsarist authorities closed the monastery, the church was later rededicated as a church, and the cellar with burials was walled up. With the advent of Soviet power, a military unit was located here. After the Second World War, part of the monastery's buildings, including the former church, were dismantled. What remains of the monastery is for sale today.

Bernardine Monastery: Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross

The monastery was built in the mid-90s of the XV century on lands granted by the Grand Duke of Lithuania A. Jagiellonchik. The complex also included a convent, which was razed to the ground during the Soviet era. The monastery and the Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross were closed by the Moscow authorities in 1853, and in Soviet times a sanitation station and an archive were located here. It was only in 1993 that the shrine was returned to the Catholic Church. The church and monastery complex were built in the early 17th century in the Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance styles.

Bernardine Monastery

This unique and beautiful ensemble of the Bernardine monastery, which at one time bore the symbolic name "Golden Gate of Brest", was built for about 145 years. The monastery was founded in 1624. In the first half of the 18th century. the monastery was rebuilt, at the same time the Church of the Immaculate Conception was erected. Today, you can see only the meager ruins of the monastery and the altar part of the once majestic church.

Brigit Monastery: Annunciation Church

Founded in 1634, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Baroque, Renaissance, and Gothic styles was built in 1642. The oldest wooden architectural monument in Belarus, the lyamus, has been preserved in the courtyard of the monastery. In 1842, the Moscow authorities closed the monastery and turned its premises into a prison. In the 1950s, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, and a psychiatric hospital was established in the monastery. In 1990, both the church and the monastery buildings were returned to the faithful. The buildings are currently being restored.

Monastery of the Bridegades: lyamus

Dominican Monastery: building

Originally, the monastery, founded in the early 17th century, was wooden. After the fire, a stone church and a monastery building were built (1770s). After the uprising of 1830-1831, the Russian authorities closed the monastery and opened a men's gymnasium in its buildings. And after the uprising of 1863-1864, the church was destroyed. The monastery's residential building, built in 1735 in the classical style, has been preserved. Until our time, it has been rebuilt several times, losing its original features. The building's address is 8 Sovetskaya Street.

Dominican Monastery: church and residential building

Jesuit Monastery: Church of St. Francis Xavier

The monastery complex consists of residential buildings and the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier. Initially, at the end of the 17th century, the complex was built as buildings for the Jesuit collegium. After the uprising of 1830-1831, the tsarist authorities turned the monastery premises into a prison for rebel prisoners. Some of the buildings of the collegium are still used by the correctional institution today. The church was built in the Baroque style. The oldest operating clock in Europe is preserved on one of its towers. In Soviet times, the church was not blown up only thanks to the residents of the city.

Nazarene Convent: residential building

Monastery of the Nazarenes: service building

The Monastery of Piars: the Church of St. Theresa

Orthodox monastery: Borisoglebskaya Church

Trinity Monastery: Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Monastery of the Trinitarians: residential building

Monastery of the Trinitarians: Pokrovsky Cathedral

The monastery was founded in 1759. After the suppression of the uprising of 1830-1831, the monastery's activities were banned, and its Trinity Church was substantially rebuilt and rededicated into the Orthodox Church of the Intercession. The church itself was built of brick in the classical style in 1821. A large residential building with an attached three-tiered tower has been preserved from the former monastery. The buildings of the Trinitarian monasteries were preserved in Molodechno, Orsha and Krivichi.

The Franciscan Monastery

Back in the early 17th century, there was a monastery built of wood at the expense of the Khrapovitsky family. After the uprising of 1831, the monastery was closed, and its territory and buildings were transferred to the Orthodox Church. Only the two-storey residential building of the monastery, built in the Baroque brick style, has survived to this day. It is located on Lenin St., next to the building of the Epiphany Monastery.