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Showing posts with label Castles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Castles. Show all posts

Mir Castle, or how to find ticket offices if you are there for the first time.

A note for tourists who travel independently in Belarus.

How to find ticket offices and what to see in Mir Castle. Video instruction.



Mir Castle in the Grodno region of the Republic of Belarus.

    The Mir castle, although it looks harsh, was not built for defensive purposes. If you want to know more about this castle, leave your questions in the comments, we will answer everything. This castle is located in the Grodno region of the Republic of Belarus. About a hundred kilometers from the city of Minsk. I highly recommend watching it live.



A trip to the Mir and Nesvizh castles from the city of Minsk, Belarus.

A short trip around Belarus. From the city of Minsk to the agricultural town of Mir, to the Mir castle and to the city of Nesvizh, to the Nesvizh castle.



Reconstruction of the average battles of the knights, which took place in Belarus.

    Mir castle is a battlefield. The battle of the knights in the Mir Castle, in the Republic of Belarus. 

Survival battle. How executions took place in the Middle Ages, complete reconstruction, on living people.


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Bykhov city and Bykhov Castle in Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Bykhov.

The first mentions of Bykhov date back to the XIV century.


The history of Belarus is dramatic: battles, divisions of territories, sieges ... Old buildings, peers, and witnesses of these events, are located not only in large cities but also in very small settlements. 

One of these towns that keep the memory of the past is Bykhov.

Puslowski Palace in Kossovo - Republic of Belarus.

Puslowski Palace in Kossovo

A unique monument of neo-Gothic architecture of the 19th century is located in the Belarusian town of Kossovo.

For its fabulous image and luxury, the palace of the Counts of Puslowski (Kossovsky Castle) was called a "knightly dream."

The Puslowski Palace in the 19th century The place of Kossovo (today Ivatsevichi district,

Sapieha Palace in Ružany.

The palace complex in Ruzhany 2015

The palace complex in Ruzhany is one of the unique corners of Belarus. 

For centuries, the most beautiful architectural ensemble, which is called the Belarusian Versailles, belonged to the powerful Sapieha dynasty.

The place of Ruzhany (today Pruzhany district, Brest region) was first mentioned in written

Nesvizh palace and park complex

Nesvizh palace and park complex

The Nesvizh palace and park complex with diverse architecture and the largest landscape park is a beautiful place in Belarus and one of the most popular attractions in the country.

Nesvizh Castle on lithographs of Napoleon Orda In the city of Nesvizh there is the most famous palace and castle complex in Belarus. Nesvizh is located in the Minsk region 112 km south-west of Minsk.

Nesvizh was named the cultural capital of Belarus in 2012. He became the third Belarusian city after Polotsk and Gomel, awarded this honorary title.

Mir Castle Complex in Belarus.

Mir Castle Complex in Belarus.
Mir Castle is one of the most important tourist attractions in Belarus, an outstanding defensive structure of the XVI century, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Mir Castle, drawing by Napoleon Horde, 1876 Mir Castle Complex (Mir Castle) is an outstanding example of defense architecture of the 16th century.

Lubchansky castle, Belarus.

Lubchansky castle, Belarus.

The construction of the castle began in the 16th century. 

Lubchansky castle was built in 1581 by tycoon Jan Kishka.

The castle is surrounded by earthen moats and the Neman River, which offers fantastic views from the castle.

Literally immediately, the castle becomes the property of the Radziwills, who are completing 3 towers, reinforcing the fortification characteristics of the castle.
In 1655, the Zaporozhye Cossacks, led by the hetman Zolotarenko, attacked the towers and destroyed the printing house located here, which since 1612 had been publishing books in Polish and Latin, on medicine, history, poetry, and religious literature.

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