Photos of the Day for December 20, 2016

Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (V/VIII):  Old Town Square area. 

Old Town Square and nearby streets contain a mix of late imperial (both czarist and Soviet) vernacular styles.

Экспедыцыя па архітэктурнай спадчыне Маладзечна 2015 г. (V/VIII):  каля плошчы Старое Места.

 

 

Buildings from the end of the XIXth/beginning of the XXth century (probably originally Jewish commercial buildings), Viljejskaja Street leading to Old Town Square.

Местачковыя забудовы з канца ХІХ-пачатку ХХ ст., вул. Віленская.

 

 

Churches of Belarus (part CXCVI):  Orthodox church of the Intercession (built 1867-71 as part of the broad program of Orthodox church construction to re-Russify Belarusian lands after the failed uprising of 1863-64), Old Town Square.  The day I visited a lively potato exchange was in operation on the traditional market place next to the church.

Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CXCVI):  царква Покрыва Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (1867-71 гг.). Тыповая Муравёўка.

 

 

The more exuberant east side and sober south side of the square.

Усходні й паўднёвы бакі плошчы.

 

 

Details of a finely-preserved example of provincial art nouveau from the end of the 19th century on the square’s west side.

Дэталі добра захаванага прыкладу забудовы канца 19-га ст. у стылі правінцыйны мадэрн.

 

 

Two fine examples of late Soviet nostalgism.  The first, next to the art nouveau building above, is a splendid piece of what in the U.S. one might call Jetsons’ Turbo.  The second, on the southwest corner of the square, is the same design used for a building on Savjetskaja Street in Ashmjany (see final photo in photos of the day for November 11, 2016).

Забудовы ў стылі савецкі позні настальгізм.  Першы будынак – прыемны ўзор марсіянства.  Другі будынак ідэнтычны будынку на вул. Савецкая ў Ашмянах (гл. апошны фотаздымак з фотаздымкаў ад 11-га лістапада 2016 г.).

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