Photo survey of the patrimony of Ashmjany and Valozhyn Districts 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Ашмянскага й Валожынскага раёнах 2018 г. Remodelled Polish-era building in Polish Functionalist national style (“Zakopane Style”), Ashmjany. Пераробленая забудова польскіх часоў у польскім нацыянальным (“закапанскім„) стылі, Ашмяны.
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Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017
Return visit to Ashmjany and surroundings 2017. See also photos of the day for November 8-17, 2016. Зноў на Ашмяншчыну 2017 г. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 8-17 лістапада 2016 г. Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (I/II). Quiet and overgrown, the Roman Catholic cemetery is tucked into the folds of a hill on the north… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017
Photos of the Day for November 14, 2016
Ashmjany 2015 (VII/X): traditional decorated wooden window frames (lishtvy). Wooden window frames may have a purely decorative purpose, as here, or may contain symbols designed to ward off evil and bad luck. Ашмяны 2015 г. (VII/X): ліштвы. Пра беларускую традыцыю ліштваў гл. выдатнае відэа краязнаўца Алеся Гізуна: http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=178818
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