Photos of the Day for December 15, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (V/V):  photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). Спадчына Шчучынскага й Гарадзенскага раёнаў 2016 г. (V/V):  фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшынёй Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры (ГА БДТАПГК).   Estate allee,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 15, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 11, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (I/V):  Polish-era primary school (szkoła powszechna), Mitsary. Photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). This wooden school house was built during the interwar period when the western Belarusian lands were incorporated into the Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2016

Photo of the Day for November 19, 2016

Tsjerablichy-Machul’ road in October fog.  Tsjerablichy 2014. Дарога Цераблічы-Мачуль у кастрычніцкім тумане 2014 г.  

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 10, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (part III/X):  Wooden houses along Savjetskaja Street. Ашмяны 2015 г. (частка III/X): Драўляныя хаты, вул. Савецкая.   Pre-war house. Даваенная хата.     Rear (formerly the front side?) of what appears to be a pre-war house and shop. Задні (былая пярэдні?) фасад даваеннай хаты-крамы (?).   Main facade (former rear entrance with carriage… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 10, 2016

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

Photos of the Day for November 6, 2016

Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (III/IV):  Narbuty. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (III/IV):  Нарбуты.   Polish-era (pre-World War II) house. Даваенная хата.     Old bridge over the River Ashmjanka. Стары мост над р. Ашмянка.

Photo of the Day for November 5, 2016

Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (II/IV):  Old Ivashkautsy-Narbuty road. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (II/IV):  старая дарога Івашкаўцы-Нарбуты.