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Mir Castle
Tour description
Price
per person
3'840 ₽
1'949 ₽
The cost of excursions is approved in Belarusian rubles and when paying in other currencies the final cost may differ from the one indicated on the site depending on the exchange rate of the card issuing bank (MIR, Visa, Mastercard).
Included in the price of the excursion:
- certified guide services
- transport services
Description
The world and Mir Castle Complex - two inseparably linked names. Tourists gather here from different corners of the planet that personally will enjoy idle greatness of the medieval giant. One of perfect examples of fortification of the time and an object of the World heritage of UNESCO will undoubtedly strike with both architectural wealth, and magnificent interiors, and fascinating history. However costs attention and the town – it is at least one century more senior than the lock and has not less interesting story opened by archeologists. Touch also you century history.
Excursion type
Sightseeing
Distance
200 km
Duration
08:00 hour
Language of training
Russian
Excursion subject
Kind
Bus-Walking tours
Program
Moving in Mir (100 km)
Holy Trinity Church in Mir
Holy Trinity Church in the village Mir - an architectural monument of the XVI century, which represent an elongated cross with five domes. This church was built near the Mir Castle under the guidance of Duke Nichola Radziwill Sirotka and was demaged several times and rebuilt, it was changed to the Uniates, and then again returned to the Orthodox believers.
The church was destroyed in the huge fire in the second half of the XIX century, after which was once again rebuilt in Russian Revival style. There was a revered The Virgin Mary icon of the XVI century until 1925, but even now this place evokes a feeling of humility and reverence before God.
St. Nicholas church in Mir
St. Nicholas church in Mir was built in the Renaissance style in 1605 on the place of a former wooden church when the Radzivill family became the owners of the Mir Castle. After the uprising of Tadeush Kostyushko king's government give it to the Orthodox Church, and during the war it was closed at all. Despite this St. Nicholas church reached our time almost in its original form. A powerful 4-storey tower-bell tower meets the parishioners, and within the church you can listen to the penetrating pries and get blessing.
Lunch
Mir Castle Complex
Mir – the town with a silent cosiness of streets where throughout centuries destinies, culture and life of Belarusians, Poles, Roma, Tatars, Jews closely intertwined. On the suburb of the town the medieval giant - Mir Castle Complex important settled down. Majestic towers and powerful walls are harmoniously combined with the beautiful park, being reflected in a pond mirror. The halls ornated by a carving and gilding, graceful furniture, abrupt ladders on which you not just will pass – you will turn into other reality, in other century.
Chapel-burial vault of Svyatopolk-Mirsky family
The chapel-tomb of Svyatopolk-Mirsky is a ladder which will spend you from powerful walls of the lock to magnificent parks. In it the embodiment of modernist style style, so popular in the 19th century, - any symmetry and classics – a new view on architecture, fresh receptions and forms. This place chose also a lock ghost – Sonechk who, among others, is buried in a tomb.
Moving in Minsk (100 km)
The end of the tour