Tour Old-Vilensky way - Zalesie-Soly-Kushlyany-Zhuprany

The Oginski Estate in Zalesse is one of the most famous historical and cultural landmarks in Belarus. It belonged to the renowned composer and political figure Michał Kleofas Oginski, who transformed it into a center of culture and arts, known as the "Northern Athens." The estate complex includes a neoclassical palace, a picturesque landscape park, a pond, and a rotunda. It was here that Oginski created many of his works, although his famous polonaise "Farewell to the Homeland" was, according to some sources, composed in Venice. After the composer's death, the estate gradually fell into decline, but in the 21st century, it was restored and opened as a museum and cultural center.

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Smorgon is a majestic Neo-Gothic temple that captivates with its beauty and history. Tall spires, exquisite stained glass windows, and a unique atmosphere attract travelers seeking to touch the past.

The very impressive appearance of the church certainly makes an impression. Asymmetrical and graceful, it is unlike any other temple. A graceful and elegant embodiment of the Art Nouveau style. Let's take a look inside - very non-trivial fresco scenes will not leave you indifferent. Defense of the Jasnogorsk Monastery in Częstochowa in 1655 during the Swedish invasion of the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the «Miracle over the Vistula» from the Soviet-Polish War 1919- 1921 Do you know where the armistice agreement was signed between Germany and then Soviet Russia? Welcome to Soli.

In Grodnenshchina, in the settlement of Kushlyany, in 1896 Frantisek Bogushevich has built own house. He has put in him heart and soul and has spent the last years of life here. Exactly here, walking on rooms of the poet, you learn about his great personality. Here you will hear about his first poetic collections: "A belarusky pipe", "Smyk беларуск і" - such simple names, but such deep meaning. This very atmospheric place has kept for us the house, a stone adrina, an arbor. The poet is remembered also by avenues of the park put by his hands and a stone a hiding place. A hiding place which stored manuscripts in the native language in which it was forbidden to write. Also locals who together with admirers on a stone hiding place left an inscription remember the poet-lawyer: "Pamyatsi Matseya Burachka. 1900"

The Peter and Paul church in Zhupranakh in style of a neogothic style is a monument of architecture of the 19th century, the operating church, national property of the Belarusian edge. The church has been put in 1852 by the count Adam Gutten-Chapsky. The majestic and monumental building, with really special architecture and powerful walls - Zhupran ornament, «the Starovilensky way» and the Belarusian earth.