News : Excursion to Polotsk

Belorussian excursion portal Ekskursii.by June 10, 2017 invites everyone to visit the excursion to Polotsk is the most ancient town of Belarus, which is motherland to Rogneda, Vseslav the Sorcerer, Efrosinia of Polotsk, Francysk Skaryna and Simeon of Polotsk.

During the excursion of Polotsk you will visit the Upper Castle, a place where, in the 10th century, surrounded by rivers and deep ditches, the Polotsk detinets, an administrative center of the ancient city, became impregnable for those times. You will see Sophia Cathedral is the cathedral of Polotsk, built by Byzantine architects in the 11th-12th centuries, as a symbol of Polotsk's equality with Constantinople and rivalry with Kiev and Novgorod, examine the cathedral museum and go down into the dungeon. Near the cathedral you will see a unique monument of writing in the 12th century is a Borisov's stone, with a mysterious inscription, the value of which has not yet been able to decipher the scientists.

Also during the tour you will visit the pearl of Polotsk complex of the Savior-Euphrosyne monastery founded by the intercessor of the Belarusian lands - Holy Eurosinia of Polotsk. In addition, you will visit the Spaso-Euphrosyne church with the surviving unique frescoes of the 12th century and will be able to join the relics of the Monk Euphrosyne and worship the Holy Cross, one of the main relics of Belarus.