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Valovich Palace, Sviatsk

Belarus · 18th century

Founded
c. 1775
Style
Baroque
Architect
Giuseppe de Sacco
Heritage status
Cultural heritage of Belarus
Location
Sviack
Coordinates
53.79778°, 23.66361°
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Valovich Palace, Sviatsk in Belarus
Photo: Rutagor · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Svyatsk Palace, or the Volovich Palace (Belarusian: Свяцк, Swiack; Russian: Святск, Swiatsk), is a palace built by nobles of the Volovich family in the late 18th century, in the village of the same name near Grodno, Belarus. Svyatsk Palace is often referred to in the media as the "Belarusian Versailles" (Palace of Versailles).

Machine-translated from “Svyatsk Sarayı” on the Turkish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Valovich Palace, Sviatsk ranks #3,014 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 44 mapped in Belarus. Founded c. 1775, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,836 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Alytus, 72 km away. See how Belarus compares in the castle statistics.

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