News : Excursion to Vitebsk

Belorussian excursion portal Ekskursii.by invites everyone to visit the excursion Vitebsk - Zdravnevo which will be held on July 15, 2017. The tour will introduce You with the cultural capital of Belarus and the "Slavonic Bazaar", the city of Marc Chagall, the center of the artistic avant-garde of the beginning of the 20th century - Vitebsk and the museum-estate "Zdravnevo", where the Russian artist Ilya Repin lived and worked.

During the Sightseeing tour of Vitebsk you will get acquainted with the most significant civil and religious buildings of the city. You will see the revived the Annunciation Church of the XII century is the only monument in Eastern Europe of Byzantine-Balkan architecture, where once Olgerd the Great and Alexander Nevsky prayed, Holy Protection Cathedral of the XVII century, built by monks Trinitarian (members of the Catholic Order of the Holy Trinity), the church of St. Barbara, Resurrection Churchis a monument of architecture of the Vilno baroque.

In addition, you will walk through the ancient streets of the "northern capital" The Governor's Palace , where Napoleon lived for about two weeks during the war of 1812 and Town Hall the symbol of the city. In addition, you will visit one of the most famous objects of Vitebsk Summer Amphitheater, which traditionally hosts the festival "Slavianski Bazaar".

Also you will visit Zdravnevo Estate", which is associated with many years of life and creativity of the great Russian artist Ilya Repin.