TRAVELING TOGETHER
Legends live in Geraneny
The ancient town of Geraneny, famous for its apple orchard, flower factory and a large lake with lots of fish, is included in the Golden Ring of Ivye district of Grodno region. Today the city attracts tourists with its past: the history of the tragic love of Belarusian Romeo and Juliet – king Sigismund II and Barbara Radziwill, as well as the ruins of the 15th-16th centuries castle, where they used to be happy. through would become so attractive for tourists. And that a 70 km-long cycling route Ivye – Subotniki – Zhemyslavl – Geraneny – Lipnishki – Ivye (or maybe
more, depending on the objects of visit) will be called the "Golden Ring of Ivye district". And we really covered most of it. Today cyclists and those who prefer cars and buses (there is no special lane for cyclists on local roads yet) are invited to visit Ivye Museum of National Cu lt u re s , a m o s q u e , t h e Church of St. Peter and Paul, the Church of the Holy Martyr Gabriel of Bialystok, a spring ( Ivye town), the church of St. Nicholas, the ruins of the castle of the 15th-16th centuries ( G e r a n e ny ) , t h e C hu r c h of St. Vladislav, the tomb of the Umyastovsky family (Subotniki), the estate of the Umyastovsky (Zhemyslavl), the Church of St. Casimir (Lipnishki). In short: there are many interesting places. After Zhemyslavl we went along the field road to the city of Subotniki, where we met the border guards and greeted them. They didn't even check our passports. Apparently, due to the fact that we showed interest in them, asked where the guys come from, whether they liked their service... We didn’t expect to have any The Church of St. Vladislav in Subotniki is over 100 years old. Over time, this temple, as they say, has not changed at problems while being in the all and has not lost a single piece of its interior. This church was built at the expense of local rulers from the famous border area as we had an Umyastovsky family, and there is much to see here. official document signed by the PLANETABELARUS.BY
At the time when we were travelling along the state border of Belarus (AprilAugust 1996) we even could not believe that in 25 years the places we walked
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