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Church of Holy Transfiguration in Smolyany

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Type: Churches, Wooden architecture Style: Baroque Date of Foundation: 1 century Status: Republican value Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk region., Orsha district, Smоlany

Church of Holy Transfiguration - a monument of wooden architecture of the late eighteenth century. It is a cross-domed church on a stone foundation, built in the tradition of folk architecture with baroque elements. Its composition included three tiers: the cloister, tetrahedral volume with triangular gables on each side and the two towers, belfries, a large faceted dome.

In the interior are preserved wall frescoes in the dome of the dedicated to the twelve apostles depicted in full growth on a blue background; here it contains several icons of the late XVIII - early XIX centuries.

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Address Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk region., Orsha district, Smоlany GPS Google: 54.599821′ N, 30.057875′ E