Braslavsky kaleidoscope

On a picturesque scope between a lake smooth surface one of symbols of Braslavshchina - a church of Divine Providence has settled down. The snow-white temple has been built at the beginning of the 20th century and has taken a place of honor on the height thanks to what, it is visible him from many points of Braslavshchina. The fine monument of architecture, with two high towers and skillful stamping on a door, is executed in pseudo-Romance style. And even stamping of a door became a monument of monumental and decorative art and forge skill. And interiors, with colourful paintings on biblical scenes, don't leave doubts about extraordinary beauty of a church which is often called the temple of Heart of Jesus.

The history of church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Braslav originates the in the end of the 19th century. Then it has been constructed on the place of the Sacred and Nikolaev wooden temple existing here many centuries. Church of the Assumption - an example of the pseudo-Russian style which was quite often used in cult architecture earlier. And her interior - a treasury in which the exclusive carved altar made especially for Braslav in Kiev and unique ancient icons is stored.

In the first half of the 19th century the coast of the Lake Drivyata had had very interesting temple. The church of neoromance style is located near ancient zamchishchy and looks very originally - his walls are revetted with a rubble stone. In a church it it is stored and the image of the Virgin which, according to the legend, has escaped after the fire which has destroyed the monastery on Ostrava of the lake Nespish is very much esteemed. The icon of God's Mother of Braslavskaya is also known as "The queen of lakes" - she is considered the patroness of the Braslavsky region and has even been crowned, having become the seventh crowned icon in Belarus.

On a picturesque isthmus between two lakes, at the height of 14 meters, Zamkova Hora - annalistic Brachislav's ancient settlement towers. Braslavskoye zamchishche - the largest and one of the most ancient on the Belarusian lands - to him is more than ten centuries old. Having visited him you learn about a tragic legend of owners of the city, about times of dawn of poozerny fortress, about modern Braslav - one of the best resorts of Belarus. Here, on Zamkova Hora, the white obelisk with a lamp towers - he keeps memory about it is esteemed by citizens the doctor - Stanislav Norbuta who has worked here more than 40 years.

The beauty of the Braslau Lakes has no competition. The infinite lake smooth surface, numerous lump hills created by ancient glaciers. And among them the highest hill of the Braslavsky region - the mountain the Beacon towers. It is the most known and most convenient point with which opens fascinating landscapes at any time, and on the horizon Latvia is seen.

One of the highest temples of Belarus became decoration of the settlement of Vidza. The impressive sizes of a church of the Holy Trinity it is more caused by the fact that that at the beginning of the 20th century arrival to Vidzakh was the biggest in the Kovensky province. Construction material - a red brick - betrays festive shape to the temple, and snaryadny heads, in memory of destructions of military years are walled in his walls. Lancet windows and their openwork interlacings, peaked towers 59 meters high and a graceful ubraniye of interiors - all this does it very attractive and gives special lines.

In the village with the annalistic name Lovishche, and now - Vidza, at the end of the 18th century the farmstead complex has been constructed. Vovzhetsky' family has built it on the bank of the lake Dvornoye. The estate included also the house in the best traditions of classicism, and economic constructions. In the extensive territory the landscape park with marvelous trees has been broken. Here it is possible to find gray nut, a fragile willow, the European larch, special types of a maple and an oak. In this estate also Tomasz Vovzhetsky who has headed a popular uprising after Tadeusz Kostyushki's capture was born.