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Showing posts with label BELARUS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BELARUS. Show all posts
March 11, 2020

3454 BELARUS (Vitebsk) - The Assumpton Cathedral in Vitebsk

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3454 The Assumpton Cathedral in Vitebsk Built in a picturesque place, on the high bank of the Western Dvina River , the Assumption Ca...
May 26, 2017

3067 BELARUS (Grodno) - Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Grodno

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3067 Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Grodno Probably the most spectacular landmark of Grodno , the Roman-Catholic Cathedral of Sai...
February 22, 2017

0476, 2926, 2959 BELARUS (Vitebsk) - Saviour Transfiguration Church and Saint Sophia Cathedral in the town of Polatsk (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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0476 Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polatsk (1) Located on the Dvina river, Polatsk is one of the most ancient cities of the Eastern Sla...
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September 4, 2016

2731 BELARUS - Belarusian alphabet

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The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language. The al...
May 29, 2016

2583 BELARUS - Kupalle Holiday

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2583 "Kupalle Holiday" (1921-1922), painting by Mikhail Filipovich Kupala Night , also known as Ivan Kupala Day ( Feast of ...
November 20, 2015

2053 BELARUS (Brest) - Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Brest Fortress

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2053 Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Brest Fortress In 1795, when the Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth was partitioned for the third time, ...
April 19, 2015

1530 BELARUS - Belarusian traditional ornaments

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1530 Belarusian traditional ornaments Textile is one of the most ancient art forms in Belarus , and the geometric ornaments are so im...
April 11, 2015

1519 BELARUS (Minsk City) - National Library of Belarus

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1519 National Library of Belarus The National Library of Belarus was founded on 15 September 1922, and houses the largest collection...
October 3, 2014

1265 BELARUS - Blowing in horn

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1265 Belarusian blowing in horn Generally speaking, the traditional musical instruments emerged from very simple objects of life that...
September 29, 2014

0245, 1259 BELARUS - The map and the flag of the country

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0245 Belarus map I have the conviction that Belarus and Ukraine broke away from Russia in 1990s for purely political reasons; eth...
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August 16, 2014

1185 BELARUS (Minsk City) - Minsk Passazhirsky railway station

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1185 Minsk Passazhirsky railway station Located in the centre of the capital Minsk , and sometimes called Minsk Ploshchad Lenina due ...
January 16, 2014

0970 BELARUS (Minsk City) - Trinity Suburb

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0970 Trinity Suburb in Minsk City Located on left bank of the Svisloch River , on the Trinity Hill , Minsk 's old town, more com...
January 14, 2014

0967 BELARUS (Mogilev) - Saint Nicholas Monastery

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0967 Saint Nicholas Monastery in Mogilev Located in eastern Belarus , at about 76km from the border with Russia 's Smolensk Obla...
March 30, 2013

0582 BELARUS (Brest) - The ruins of the Ruzhany Palace

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0582 The ruins of the Ruzhany Palace The ruins of this palace is situated beside the little town of Ruzhany , on the river Ruzhanka, ...
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March 4, 2013

0539 BELARUS (Vitebsk) - Braslau Lakes National Park

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0539 Braslau Lakes National Park Located in the north-west of the Belarus , near the borders with Lithuania and Latvia , the Braslau...
January 10, 2013

0288, 0456 BELARUS (Grodno) - Mir Castle Complex (UNESCO WHS)

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0288 Mir Castle Complex (1) "This is a fertile region in the geographical centre of Europe, at the crossroads of the most import...
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October 16, 2012

0361 BELARUS (Brest) - Kamyanets Tower

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0361 Kamyanets Tower Kamyanets Tower is located in the town with the same name in Belarus, at about 40 km north from Brest. Erec...
September 30, 2012

0347 BELARUS (Minsk) - Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (UNESCO WHS)

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0347 Nesvizh Castle I mentioned here about Radziwill family , so prominent for centuries for Central and Eastern Europe, that no les...
June 6, 2012

0239 BELARUS (Brest) - Alexander Nevsky Church of Kobryn

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0239 Alexander Nevsky Church of Kobryn Two hundred years ago, more precisely on June 23, 1812, Napoleon’s army crossed the Russian bo...
May 8, 2012

0197 BELARUS (Vitebsk) - The cathedral of Saint Anthony of Padua

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0197 The cathedral of Saint Anthony of Padua Pastavy is located on the bank of the river Myadelka, 250km away from Vitebsk , on the ...