Pruzhany Palace

Pruzhany Palace (Belarusian: Пружанскі палацык) is a museum in the town of Pruzhany, Brest region, western Belarus. It is a 19th-century mansion, at 50 Savetskaya Street. The building is a monument of manor architecture from the Neo-Renaissance era.

The museum has a rich collection on the history and art of the region. About 8000 tourists visit the museum annually. The museum has more than 6000 pieces, mostly donated.

The palace grounds include a two-storey stone house with two wings, and a reconstructed greenhouse.

A wide lane provides access from the town to the palace grounds, situated on a landscaped park. The eight square kilometre park holds a variety of trees which include ash, alders, hornbeams, and oak. It was designed by the wealthy Polish landlord Walenty Szwykowski in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Pruzhany Palace ranks #3,525 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #18 of the 39 mapped in Belarus. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. The nearest day-trip guide is Brest (Belarus), 76 km away. See how Belarus compares in the castle statistics.

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