Palace of the Rumyantsevs and the Paskeviches in Gomel

In the late 18th century the Belarusian lands were part of the Russian Empire. Empress Catherine the Great gave Gomel to her favorite, General Field Marshal Piotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, for his outstanding victories in the war against Turkey. On the bank of the River Sozh there was a wooden castle, which had earlier belonged to Michal Fryderyk Czartoryski, the Grand Chancellor of Lithuania. Piotr Rumyantsev had the wooded castle demolished and a new one built.

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Lida Castle

Medieval Lida castle, a fine archeological monument that is officially protected by the state, lies 112km north-east of Grodno in the Grodno region of Belarus.

Castelli ad entrata libera

Il primo posto nella lista delle attrazioni turistiche gratuite di carattere storico e artistico occupano i castelli di Belarus che impressionano con una curiosa combinazione degli elementi architettonici e costruttori più vari, dei dettagli appartenenti a diversi stili ed epoche, e in virtù di ciò presentano un grande interesse non solo per gli appassionati di storia e cultura ma assolutamente per tutti.

Priluki Castle

The legend has it that the mysterious castle in the village of Priluki was built in place of an Orthodox monastery that was ruined in 1740 for an unknown reason.