Tour Novogrudok - Ivie

At the beginning of the 17th century representatives of a Catholic award – Dominicans located in Novogrudka. For them the church was also built that combines elements of magnificent and festive baroque and late classicism. What was only not seen by the temple: soldiers and fires, granary and furniture warehouse, desolation and elimination of an award. However in the best times at a church the monastery and school worked. The writer and politician Adam Mickiewicz studied at school of this.

At the beginning of the 14th century the Grand duke Lithuanian Gedemin invited in Novogrudok Frantsiskantsev. About hundred years they worked on creation of the temple – Saint Anthony's church. The temple is complete - but in 50 years the Catholic award is forced to leave the monastery. However, despite destiny milestones, it reached our time, let a little modified. In the city you still should learn about its history and a role.

The Adam Mickiewicz House-Museum in Novogrudok is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values ​​of the Republic of Belarus (1st category). The museum is not only a biographical museum exposition, but also an “open-air” museum. The estate of the early 19th century has been restored here: a house, an outbuilding, a barn, a well, a gazebo. Among the exhibits: personal belongings (watches, glasses). The exposition includes items related to A. Mickiewicz and his entourage. Exhibitions are held in the basement of the museum and the underground passage that connects the house with the outbuilding.

Novogrudok – the first capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The city with thousand-year history kept surprising landscapes of hills and the woods, the view of which opens from Zamkova Hora. And on it ruins of the majestic castle where many centuries Mindovg was crowned back tower. The Novogrudsky lock, located at hill top, is visible for many kilometers from the city – its towers as if giants, are cut down from a boulder, from a distance reported about power and greatness of fortress.

Novogrudok Farny Church of the Transfiguration is one of the oldest and most significant Catholic shrines in Belarus. This church is located in Novogrudok at the foot of Zamkova Hill on 1st May Street. Built at the end of the 14th century by Grand Duke Vytautas, the church was initially constructed in the Gothic style and later rebuilt in the Sarmatian Baroque style in the 18th century.

The mosque in Ivye has existed for more than 120 years. During this time, neither war nor fires touched it. Ivieau is unofficially considered the capital of the Belarusian Tatars. This people kept their culture, their stories and legends, their saints, who were always revered. That is why a mosque was built in Ivye. Throughout the Soviet period, the Iwe mosque was the only one operating in Belarus.

Ivey Museum of National Cultures is the only museum in Belarus that tells about the history of the coexistence of different people. The diversity of the national composition gave birth to a special way of life, which was never forgotten in Ivye, was carefully preserved and now the guests of the city are told about it. The exposition of the museum will acquaint you with the history of the indigenous population of Ivishnia, with the culture and life of Belarusian Tatars and Jews. Here you will learn about the events of different nations during the World War. The museum uses not only authentic museum items, but also modern technologies that allow you to combine texts, sounds, video, graphics together and create a pleasant atmosphere for learning new and exciting.