Zero kilometer sign description and photo - Belarus: Brest (Topic)

Kilometer Zero Sign description and photo - Belarus: Brest. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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Kilometer zero in Brest is the place where the mileage of roads in the Brest region begins.

After the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the former Polish cities and villages, connected by broken, unkempt roads, were inherited. Poland only on paper belonged to the Russian Empire, in fact it remained a restless, unconquered and unsettled country, where the infrastructure was in disrepair. To rule and pacify, good roads and regular passenger traffic with all the newly acquired provinces were needed.

It was necessary not only to put the roads in order, but also to streamline the transport network. For this, miles of roads began to be numbered from the center of the province. In many cities zero milestones were installed. A zero-mile post was also installed in Brest.

In the early 1990s, the young Republic of Belarus, following the example of Empress Catherine II, streamlined its road network, carried out repairs and reconstruction of its transport system, in connection with which they were re-installed columns of zero kilometers in the largest cities of Belarus.

In Brest, the zero kilometer is located opposite the Holy Cross Church on Lenin Square. It is a milestone typical for tsarist Russia, on which the city's coat of arms is depicted, and on its basis the distances to the cities of Belarus are written.

There are always many tourists at the milestone who like to be photographed against the background of this landmark of Brest and look the distance to your city, written on the base of the post.

In the early 1990s, the young Republic of Belarus, following the example of Empress Catherine II, streamlined its road network, carried out repairs and reconstruction of its transport system, in connection with which the columns of zero kilometers were re-installed in the largest cities of Belarus.

In Brest, the zero kilometer is located opposite the Holy Cross Church on Lenin Square. It is a milestone typical for tsarist Russia, on which the city's coat of arms is depicted, and on its basis the distances to the cities of Belarus are written.

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