Photo of the Day for October 6, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smarhon’ District 2016:  Kreva, Vojnjevichy, Poltaraushchyna, Asany, Panara, Tatarshchyna, Hlinna, Karavai, Haljashonki, Vjalikaja Mysa, Kamunarka (Laptsikha), Bazary, Aljeshyshki, Kuty, Lastai Фотавандроўка па спадчыны Смаргоньскага раёна 2016 г.: Крэва, Войневічы, Полтараўшчына, Асаны, Панара, Татаршчына, Глінна, Караваі, Галяшонкі, Вялікая Мыса, Камунарка (Лапціха), Базары, Алешышкі, Куты, Ластаі   Pre-World-War-II house. Given the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 6, 2021

Photos of the Day for November 26, 2017

Architectural patrimony of Belarus:  houses of the inter-war period, Vaukavysk 2017. Belarus suffered significant loss of its architectural patrimony under Soviet rule and has continued to lose its patrimony under Soviet ways of thinking since 1991.  It si thus always a pleasure to find surviving examples of pre-World War II vernacular styles.   Here is a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 26, 2017