Month: May 2020

Photos of the Day for May 21, 2020

Patrimony of Ivatsevichy District (2012):  Bytsjen’, Ljubishchytsy, Kosava, Bjaljavichy, Marachoushchyna, Busjazh Спадчына Івацэвіцкага раёна (2012 г.): Быцень, Любішчыцы, Косава, Бялявічы, Марачоўшчына, Бусяж   Ljubishchytsy. Любішчыцы.   Polish-era school (1939). A classic example of wooden schools built during the interwar period in Belarusian lands incorporated into the Second Polish Republic.  See also photos of the day… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 21, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 20, 2020

Patrimony of Ivatsevichy District (2012):  Bytsjen’, Ljubishchytsy, Kosava, Bjaljavichy, Marachoushchyna, Busjazh Спадчына Івацэвіцкага раёна (2012 г.): Быцень, Любішчыцы, Косава, Бялявічы, Марачоўшчына, Бусяж   Ljubishchytsy. Любішчыцы.   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXLIX):  Orthodox church of St. Anne (1845 or 1857). It is remarkable how the stylized planes and angles of this church foreshadow cubist and futurist… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 20, 2020

Photo of the Day for May 19, 2020

Patrimony of Ivatsevichy District (2012):  Bytsjen’, Ljubishchytsy, Kosava, Bjaljavichy, Marachoushchyna, Busjazh Спадчына Івацэвіцкага раёна (2012 г.): Быцень, Любішчыцы, Косава, Бялявічы, Марачоўшчына, Бусяж   Bytsjen’. Быцень.   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXLVIII):  Orthodox (originally Greek Catholic) chapel of the Dormition (1654-1673, remodeling in the 19th century). With the Union of Brest in 1595-96, Greek-Catholicism (Orthodox in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 19, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 17, 2020

Dukora 2017.  V/VI Дукора 2017 г.  V/VI   One-hundred-year-old well… Стогадовы калодзеж…       …according to this granny. …паводле гэтай бабулі.       Examples of the framed gates of Dukora. Прыклады брамаў у Дукоры.        

Photos of the Day for May 16, 2020

Dukora 2017.  IV/VI Дукора 2017 г.  IV/VI   Early 20th-century buildings. Although these two buildings have been refaced, their low-pitched roofs, the framing of the windows in the first building, and gable in the second suggest they were built between 1900 and 1920. Забудова ранняга 20-га стагоддзя.        

Photos of the Day for May 14, 2020

Dukora 2017.  II/VI Дукора 2017 г.  II/VI   Former estate of the Ashtorp family, subsequently of the Hartsing family. Былая сядзіба Ашторпаў, затым Гарцінгаў.     Allee. Алея.         Spider web in the allee. Павуціньне ўздоўж алеі.         Former main gate to the estate. Былая галоўная сядзібная брама.  

Photos of the Day for May 13, 2020

Dukora 2017.  I/VI The small town of Dukora lies 25 miles (40 kilomters) southeast of the center of Mjensk. Дукора 2017 г. I/VI   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXLVII):  Orthodox church of the Prophet Elijah (built at the beginning of the 19th century as a Roman Catholic church; given to the Orthodox church in 1864… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 13, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 12, 2020

In search of a human scale:  Mjensk 2019. У шуканьні чалавечага вымярэньня: Менск 2019 г.   One can still find country-like yards and gardens in some Mjensk neighborhoods of private houses (what Belarusians call “private sectors”)… У менскіх прыватных сектарах яшчэ можна патрапіць на куты, падобныя на казачныя вясковыя сады…         …but… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 2020