A country · 58 places · 4 regions
Belarus, all of it.
58 curated places across 4 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
Belarus reads below in 4 chapters — Byerastsye Region, Miensk Region, Vitsyebsk Region and Mahilyow Region — in any order you like.
Chapter I · Byerastsye Region · 9 places
Byerastsye Region
A romantic neo-Gothic palace of the Pusłowski family, its slender crenellated towers rising from parkland in the Belarusian countryside. The nearby manor birthplace of independence leader Tadeusz Kościuszko draws visitors.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Miensk Region · 6 places
Miensk Region
The residential seat of the powerful Radziwiłł family, Nesvizh is a moated palace complex reflecting Renaissance and Baroque styles. Its restored halls and surrounding park make it one of Belarus's most important cultural sites.
✦ May to September · $
Chapter III · Vitsyebsk Region · 4 places
Vitsyebsk Region
The oldest city in Belarus, cradle of Eastern-Slavic culture and site of an ancient Saint Sophia Cathedral above the Dvina. It also marks the symbolic geographic centre of Europe with a commemorative monument.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Mahilyow Region · 1 place
Mahilyow Region
The ruins of a bastioned Renaissance castle of the Sapieha and Chodkiewicz families on the Dnieper, once one of the strongest fortresses in the eastern Grand Duchy. Its palace wing and gate tower survive in worn brick.
✦ May to September · $
Regions of Belarus
Every place in Belarus
