Ashmjany 2015 (part III/X): Wooden houses along Savjetskaja Street. Ашмяны 2015 г. (частка III/X): Драўляныя хаты, вул. Савецкая. Pre-war house. Даваенная хата. Rear (formerly the front side?) of what appears to be a pre-war house and shop. Задні (былая пярэдні?) фасад даваеннай хаты-крамы (?). Main facade (former rear entrance with carriage… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 10, 2016
Month: November 2016
Photos of the Day for November 9, 2016
Ashmjany 2015 (part II/X): Turn-of-the-20th-century and Pre-World War II architecture along Savjetskaja Street. Ашмяны 2015 г. (частка II/X): Дойлідства канца 19-га/пачатку 20-га стст. і за польскім часам, вул. Савецкая. Former hospital (built at the begnning of the 20th century), now the district court house. Былы шпіталь пачатку 20-га ст., зараз раённы суд. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 9, 2016
Photos of the Day for November 8, 2016
Ashmjany 2015 (part I/X). Now a city of about 15,000 inhabitants, the district center Ashmjany lies closer to Lithuania’s capital Vilnius than to any regional center in Belarus. The first known written mention of Ashmjany dates to 1341; burned to the ground four times by Muscovite invaders in the 16th and mid-17th centuries, the city… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 8, 2016
Photo of the Day for November 7, 2016
Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (IV/IV): Zhuprany. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (IV/IV): Жупраны. Monument to Belarusian writer-patriot Frantsishak Bahushevich (1840-1900); in the background is the Roman Catholic church of the Apostles Peter and Paul (1854-75). Помнік Францішку Багушэвічу. На фоне касьцёл Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла (1854-75 гг.).
Photos of the Day for November 6, 2016
Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (III/IV): Narbuty. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (III/IV): Нарбуты. Polish-era (pre-World War II) house. Даваенная хата. Old bridge over the River Ashmjanka. Стары мост над р. Ашмянка.
Photo of the Day for November 5, 2016
Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (II/IV): Old Ivashkautsy-Narbuty road. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (II/IV): старая дарога Івашкаўцы-Нарбуты.
Photos of the Day for November 4, 2016
Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (I/IV): Ivashkautsy. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (I/IV): Івашкаўцы. Neo-Gothic burial chapel of the Kachanau family (1908). Неагатычная капліца-пахавальня Качанаў (1908 г.). Pre-World War II house. Даваенная хата.
Photos of the Day for November 3, 2016
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Soly 2015. Урачыстая сьвятая Імша з нагоды Маці Божай Ружанцовай (7 кастрычніка), касьцёл Маці Божай Ружанцовай, Солы 2015 г.
Photos of the Day for November 2, 2016
Interior, Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Soly 2015. Касьцёл Маці Божай Ружанцовай, Солы 2015 г. Note the boat-shaped pulpit, a symbol of the Church (the Bark of Peter) and also an allusion to the October 7, 1571 Battle of Lepanto in which the fleet of the Holy League defeated the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 2, 2016
Photos of the Day for November 1, 2016
Churches of Belarus (part CLXXXVIII): Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary (1926-34), Soly. A stately combination of art nouveau and neo-baroque elements, this church stands as a gleaming and welcoming beacon from any angle. The church is named for the October 7 feast day proclaimed by Pope St. Pius V in honor… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 1, 2016