Zhirovichi St. George`s Church
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Type: Churches, Wooden architecture
Style: Baroque
Date of Foundation: 1 century
Status: Republican value
Zhirovichi
St. George Church - a monument of wooden architecture. Built in the XVIII century in the classical style with elements of baroque. Included in the monastery enclosure of Zhirovichsky monastery, although the planning is not connected with it. Represents the simplest type of church in the form of a rectangular log house with apsidnym prirubom. The roof of the west facade has a small drum and dome. This decorative element identifies the main facade of the building. A simple routine and volumetric solution, a modest collection of decorative details of the church brings it to a wooden folk architecture of the dwelling.
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