Tour Pinsk - a city of 9 centuries

In the old city - each step is a reminder on historical events and persons, gray-haired legends. There is a patriarch of the Pinsk old times - Jesuit коллегиум the XVII century - one of the best educational institutions of Belarus eras of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a masterpiece of architecture, "Alma Mater" of Adam Narushevich, Mateusz Butrimovich and other famous people of edge. At his bottom the sky blue old river station shakes on a pontoon. Here you will be able will plunge into the unforgettable atmosphere of the medieval city.

The cathedral church of the Assumption Virgin Mary's Saint was once a part of the monastery of Franciscans. And together they represent a beautiful and elegant architectural complex. It was promoted by one of the most graceful styles - baroque. A little ascetic appearance is combined with carved altars and sugary gilding of interiors. And the good safety allows will enjoy fine much.

At the end of the 18th century the king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Stanislav Augustus Ponyatovsky has put the first stone of future architectural treasure. Construction of the palace of Mateusz Butrimovich, person notable and dear has so begun. It was the passing architecture - change of Baroque style with classicism. Her such type has received the name «Pinsk Moscow Criminal Investigation Department». Many outstanding personalities have visited on a visit at Mateusz. Some time I lived here and the grandson - the outstanding artist, the composer and the musician Napoleon Orda created it.

The Church of Saint Barbara in Pinsk is an 18th-century architectural monument, built in 1786 as part of a monastic complex of the Bernardine Fathers’ Order. It was established when Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki, invited Bernardine monks to Pinsk and granted them a plot of land. A large monastic complex and a church were constructed here in the late Baroque style with elements of Classicism. Over the years, the church changed hands multiple times between Orthodox and Catholic communities — today, it is the beautiful Church of Saint Barbara with an iconostasis, where visitors can see unique ancient icons and feel the spirit of centuries past.

Most fully you will be able to understand life of the Belarusian Polesia in the museum of the same name - Museum of the Belarusian Polesia. The city over Pina will appear before you in all the diversity and unique beauty as the administrative, industrial, cultural and sports center, the important transport hub. You learn names of the famous people who were inspired by Pinsk and who have glorified it for ages by the creativity, knowledge, diligence and heroism.