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Tour Lida - Berezovka - glass factory Neman

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Route: MinskLidaBerezovkaMinsk
Distance: 375 km
Duration: 12:00 hour
Kind: Bus-Walking tours
Language of training: Russian

Having visited the ancient Belarusian city of Lida, you will plunge into the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Lida is famous for its castle, the initiator of the erection was the prince of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Gedimin. In the castle you will visit one of the towers and a battle gallery, and during the excursion you will walk along the inner courtyard. In the second half of the journey, the oldest enterprise of the glass industry of Belarus - the glass factory "Neman" - awaits you. You will see how the masters blow the glass, go to the local glass museum, you can buy unique works of art, reminiscent of the works of Venetian glass blowers.

The excursion program

The excursion program - Lida - Berezovka - glass factory Neman

  • Gathering the group
    Gathering the group
  • Moving
    Moving in Lida (170 km)
  • Attraction
    Attraction Cathedral of St. Michael The Archangel in Lida (visual inspection)
    Having seen it, you hardly learn in the cathedral is mute. Before you the beautiful palace will be. However, having thumbed through pages of the past of Sacred and Mikhaylovsky church, you learn in what a secret of its shape and history. How fate of the temple existing since the time of Public relations of the 17th century up to now was?
  • Attraction
    Attraction Exaltation of the Cross church in Lida (visual inspection)
    Long time in Lida attempts construction of Catholic temples anyway became. However all of them came to the end extremely tragically – pagan aggression, disapproval of the prince, the fires of crusaders. So was to the middle of the 18th century. In 1770 in the city the Roman Catholic Parish Church of Erection of the Sacred Cross appeared. The outstanding architect, the founder of refined architectural style, after called "vilensky baroque" - Johann Christoph Glaubits became the architect of the project.
  • Attraction
    Attraction Lidа castle
    In 1323 the prince Gedimin gave the order to put the stone lock to cover to knights the road to the center of lands of the principality Lithuanian. In 5 years the kostel was built. Time the lock was besieged by the English, German, French knights. The Lidsky lock is "time machine" and a fascinating travel to the Middle Ages where continually there is a place to romanticism and knightly valor. Here everyone will be able to feel as the ancient soldier, having tried on an armor and to like the mystical atmosphere, having learned what ghost protects a citadel.
  • Lunch
    Lunch
  • Moving
    Moving in Berezovka (25 km)
  • Attraction
    Attraction Glassworks «Neman»
    The city of Berezovka will meet you with a magic crystal fairy tale. At the glass factory «Neman» you will get acquainted with the recipes and technology of making colored glass and crystal. You will visit the factory museum, where the works of the masters of their craft - glassblowers are represented. Each of the artists - a bright creative individuality, each - his own handwriting. And all together they make up a wonderful ensemble of masters. Stained-glass windows, decorative products from Neman glass are decorated with palaces, theaters, stadiums of many cities of our country, metro stations of Tashkent, Kharkov, Minsk. You will discover the history of the development of this distinctive enterprise, where people manually create beauty from glass.
  • Moving
    Moving in Minsk (190 km)
  • The end of the tour

Map of the tour route Lida - Berezovka - glass factory Neman