History of city Brest (Brest-on-the-Bug, Brest-Litovsk) in photos

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A small historical reference Brest - the center of Brest region and Brest district, located in the south-west of the country, at the confluence of rivers Mukhavets and the Western Bug, at the state border with Poland. Date of establishment and the first written mention - 1019. In the XII century by King Casimir the Just a wooden castle was built as a place of parking and collection of trade caravans with their trading fees (myta) for the transportation of goods. In 1390 Berestye first Belarusian cities received self-government based on the Magdeburg Law. Historical and religious buildings - St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral (1856-1879), the railway station (1886), St. Nicholas fraternal Church (1904-1906), St. Simeon Cathedral (1865-1868), Holy Cross Church (1856). To the north of the city - the famous National Park "Bialowieza Forest".
Belostotskaya street
White Palace
St. Nicholas Church
Church
Peter and Paul Church
Dombrovskaya street

Dombrovskaya street

The road to the fortress

St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral

City Park - a fragment of urban plantings

City garden

Hotel "Victoria"

The Office of the colony named Narutowicz

Timber rafting on the Bug River

Timber rafting on the river Mukhavets

Honey street

Men's gymnasium named after Romuald Traugutt

Embankment

Panorama of the city

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History of city Brest (Brest-on-the-Bug, Brest-Litovsk) in photos

A small historical reference