Trinity Church in Gervyaty description and photos - Belarus: Grodno region (Topic)

Trinity Church in Gervyaty description and photos - Belarus: Grodno region. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Gervyaty is one of the most beautiful and tallest churches in Belarus. Gervyatsky Trinity Church was built at the expense of Prince Olshevsky in 1899-1903. The architect is Alypalovsky. The majestic brick church was built on the site of the wooden Trinity Church in 1526.

The Gervyat Church is called a Belarusian miracle. It appears on the horizon like a fairytale castle, unknown how it got into the rural landscape. The height of the spire of the church in Gervyaty is 61 meters (according to some sources - 65 meters), which makes the church one of the highest churches in Belarus. It was built in the neo-Gothic style at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, when, as now, interest in its historical cultural traditions increased.

The Gervyat temple survived two world wars, a revolution, changed citizenship of six states, but never once did not a single barbarian hand rise to its unique bewitching beauty.

Nowadays Mass is held in the church, but it is also one of the most beautiful organ halls. Thanks to its design, the Gervyat Church of the Holy Trinity has a unique acoustics, it contains an old organ specially made for this majestic temple.

The temple territory is not just landscaped - it is a miniature park of the French regular style. Geometrically correct paths are framed by neatly trimmed bushes, flowers are blooming everywhere, and carved statues of Catholic saints rise on the emerald lawns. So that nothing breaks this strict harmony,

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