Patrimony of Astravjets District 2014: Zhukojni Zhaljadskija, Kljushchany, Vjalikija S’viranki, Paljany, Kjemjelishki, Litvjany, nr. Tartak, Nidzjany, Bystrytsa, Trokeniki, Varona, Varnjany Спадчына Астравеччыны 2014 г.: Жукойні Жалядскія, Клюшчаны, Вялікія Сьвіранкі, Паляны, Кемелішкі, Літвяны, ля в. Тартак, Нідзяны, Быстрыца, Трокенікі, Варона, Варняны Churches of Belarus (part CDV): Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Mount… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 17, 2020
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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 February 5, 2020
Patrimony of vernacular architecture in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): conservation, loss, change. Спадчына народнага дойлідства на Палесьсі: ахова, страта, зьмена. Well-preserved barn with thatched roof, Machul’ 2019. Unlike in Poland or western Europe, in Belarus there is little interest in maintaining or reviving the country’s once-rich patrimony of thatched roofs. It is thus inspiring… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 5, 2020
Photos of the Day for January 16, 2020
Photo expedition to villages in the watershed of the Zakhodnjaja Bjarezina River, Iuje District 2019: Ljezhnjevichy, Pjesjevichy, Kozjevichy, Chapun’, Novaja Bjerazina, Mil’va-Bjarezina, Chernjevichy. Фотавандроўка па вёсках у басейне Заходняй Бярэзіны, Іўеўскі раён 2019 г.: Лежневічы, Песевічы, Козевічы, Чапунь, Новая Беразіна, Мільва-Бярэзіна, Чэрневічы. IX/X: Former estate of the Miljeuski (Мілеўскі) family, Mil’va-Bjarezina. IX/X: былая сядзіба… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 16, 2020
Photo of the Day for December 26, 2019
Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. I/XIII. Thanks to the sponsorship of Polish businessman Andrzej Askaldowicz, the expertise of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments under the leadership of Anton Astapovich, and the support of the Orthodox eparchate of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 26, 2019
Photo of the Day for December 14, 2019
Churches of Belarus (part CCCXXXII): Roman Catholic church of the Apostles Peter and Paul (1700-07, 1747-57), Baruny 2019. A splendid example of Belarusian baroque architecture, this church magically softens and reflects the light under all conditions, and thus irresistable draws the photographer. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CCCXXXII): касьцёл Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла (1700-07, 1747-57 гг.),… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 14, 2019
Photos of the Day for October 29, 2019
Aljakhnovichy 2019. Located in the hilly, forested area northwest of Mjensk, Aljakhnovichy is a minor stop on the Mjensk-Vilnius railroad line… Аляхновічы 2019 г. …with a well-preserved brick and masonry railroad station in the vernacular Art Nouveau style. Чыгуначная станцыя — узор мураванага дойлідства ў стылі мадэрн.
Photos of the Day for October 26, 2019
Scenes from the countryside around Krasnaje 2019 (I/III). Краявіды ды вёскі пад Красным 2019 (I/III). Old estate allee near Malyja Kashjeuniki. Былая сядзібная алея ля в. Малыя Кашеўнікі. We came across this remnant of a former estate allee during a photo excursion in 2007, during which I had neglected to write down the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 26, 2019
Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (I/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. The name haradzishcha — гарадзішча — means hill-fort settlement. There are many such hill-fort sites in Belarus. Here we focus on the hill fort in Haradzishcha. The fort in question dates to the 9th century AD. In the 10th century the fort became… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019
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