Postavy - Budslav - Kamai

There is a three of especially remarkable temples in Belarus - defensive type. One of them towers on the hill in the center of the settlement of Kamai. The Saint John the Baptist's church constructed at the beginning of the 17th century was never closed and didn't stop the work - powerful defensive towers and strong walls protect from troubles and destructions. And there is something to protect: not only the architecture of the temple, but also the organ, oldest in Belarus, which is stored here, and a canvas «Christ and the orphan» is unique.

Postavy Church of St. Nicholas - an Orthodox church that extends to the Postavy deanery of the Polotsk and Glubokoe bishopric. An architectural monument in the Neo-Russian style, built in 1894. The temple is included in the State list of historical and cultural values of the Republic of Belarus, blessed in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The magnificent neogothic church of Saint Anthony Paduansky (the end of the 18th century), is consecrated in honor of the Franciscan preacher wonder-worker, one of the Saints who are most esteemed by Catholic church who helps to find to people not only material, but also spiritual: love, hope, conscience, God. The architecture is harmoniously combined with greens of landscapes here and is reflected in a water smooth surface, being pleasing to the eye.

Tiesenhausen Palace in Postavy - a magnificent monument of architecture of the XVIII century, built in the style of classicism. The owner of the Postavy Anthony Tiesenhaus started building the palace, and Constantine Tiesenhaus - a famous ornithologist, completed the construction. He was created in the palace the most beautiful and richest in Eastern Europe ornithological museum. In addition to the museum in the palace were valuable engravings and books, luxurious collections of paintings, among which, presumably, were the original works of Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens.

The community of the church, disproportionate to the scale of the former village, and now of the usual village, immediately captures the attention of every guest. The church will force everyone to throw aside everything that he was busy on the road before his gaze met this fascinating stone block. Obviously, this was the psychological calculation of the Bernardine fathers, who built their residence here in the second half of the eighteenth century, in order to make "I will praise" from it, where Budslav went from. In 1613 a miraculous icon of the Mother of God appeared here and the place became a real center of pilgrimage. In 1767-1783, in connection with the increase in the number of pilgrims who arrived in Budslav, the Bernardine fathers unfold here the grandiose construction of a new church that was eight times larger than the old one and was consecrated in the name of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To bow to the miraculous image and appreciate the interiors of the legendary church you will be able to during this excursion.