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Cathedral of the Assumption in Vitebsk

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Type: Monasteries, Churches Date of Foundation: 1743 - 1785 yy Status: Republican value Vitebsk

Basilian monastery in Vitebsk was founded in 1682 on the site of the wooden Church of the Assumption. In the 1743-1775 year at the expense of Myron Galuza Italian architect Joseph Fontana begins to build a new stone church and a 3-storey monastery housing.

In 1779 Assumption Cathedral and the monastery were transferred Orthodox Church. In 1936 the church was blown up in 1998, work on his recovery began.

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Address Vitebsk GPS Google: 55.196165′ N, 30.202482′ E