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.

Pushkin, Ryleyev, Bestuzhev, Delwig, Vyazma admired Adam Mickiewiczs verses. He was born in the territory of present Belarus, wrote in Polish, lived and worked in Europe, and died in Turkey. However from everywhere soul pulled it home – on Novogrudchina where there will take place the excursion - among an infinite scope of the hills and fields penetrated by the rivers. There passed the childhood and Adam's youth, the house where he lived remained. In the city the monument to the best poet of an era of romanticism is established and man-made «Mound of Immortality» where long time people carried the earth from different regions of the World is built. Here the memory of the person who made a huge contribution to development of the Belarusian and Polish literatures is immortalized.

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.

At the beginning of the 18th century, in the territory of one of the first Belarusian churches constructed by Vitovt in 1395, the Farny church was built. The excellent view of it opens from Zamkova Hora. The white monumental temple with a red roof favourably contrasts with fine landscapes of the hilly area.

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.