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Raimix Says: Nesvizh town hall was built at the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century. Now the town hall square is surrounded by modern buildings, like city municipality and some other soviet structures. For me Nesvizh town hall building looks like Kaunas (Lithuania) town hall,...
Raimix Says: At the 16th century Nesvizh had some gates and towers around. One of gate left till these days - it is Sluck gate. This object is baroque style and stands not so far from city town hall.I think that this structure is for making city beautiful, but not for defensive purposes.
Raimix Says: It is very popular church in Belarus due to its significance to architecture and culture. This church is special for a few reasons: 1) It is the first Jesuit church after II Gesu church in Rome.2) It is fist domed basilica with the facade of baroque style.3) Church is the...
Monument for soldiers of Second World War
Raimix Says: Such monuments for soldiers of Second World War are not rare in Belarus. Here you can see symbols of Soviet Union Red Army, lots of flowers around. Older generation think that history of Belarus starts from World War II and honor that period of history very much. Let say,...
Nesvizh castle - Radziwilli family residence
Raimix Says: The castle-residence construction started at the end of 16th century. Nesvizh castle became the main residence of rich Lithuanian family Radziwilli. The castle was cultural center of that region, the synthesis of East European and West European cultures. The story tells,...
Raimix Says: The park around castle is quite big, consisting of few parts with different thematic (like Japanese or English part of park). Park is full of statues, small bridges through junction of ponds. It is interesting, that Radziwilli were keeping bears in cellar of the castle and...
Raimix Says: Near the castle of Nesvizh we found building from bricks – public toilets. It looked quite soviet. There are holes instead of closets and the smell, overwhelming everything. It is better to breathe much fresh air before or to go to restaurants’ toilets.
Raimix Says: Mir castle is another UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus. Mir castle famous because of mix of different architecture styles - gothic, renaissance, baroque. Mir small city has more significant places, as 17th September square, Catholic and Orthodox churches, former Yeshiva...
UNESCO site and place of Radziwili family
Raimix Says: Belarus has two UNESCO architectural and historical objects - it is Mir and Nesvizh. The ways, why Nesvizh was inscribed into list, are: First of all, Radziwilli family buildings complex represented that time the most modern style of architecture - baroque - to Eastern...
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The park around castle is quite big, consisting of few parts with different thematic (like Japanese or English part of park). Park is full of statues, small...
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Nesvizh - residence of famous Radziwili family
Nesvizh is one of the touristy places in Belarus. That is more, it is not far from capital Minsk, making it easy to visit. Nesvizh is known from 13th century, but only in 16th century it became...
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