Location: TThe European Humanities University is located in the building of the former Augustinian monastery of the end of the 18th century, in one of the most picturesque and prestigious districts of Vilnius – the Old Town, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (Savičiaus Str. 17). In 1808, the building became part…
Location: ВThe street is located in the Old Town (Lith. “Senamiestis”), in the Zarechcha (Lith. “Užupis”) district on the right bank of the river Vilnya.. Polatskaya Street in Skaryna’s times The natural terrain of Vilnius has determined the most convenient routes to and from the city: from the west, south and southeast. The main and…
Location: The main building of the Vilnius University and the library are located at Universiteto Street 3. This is one of the oldest streets in the city, previously called Byskupu Street. The University is one of the oldest universities in Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded to spread the ideas of the Renaissance and…
Location: The Museum is located on the bank of the river Western Dzvina at Nizhne-Pakrouskaya Str. 22, near the Epiphany Cathedral. The Museum of the Belarusian Book-Printing was opened in 1990, on the oldest street of Polatsk (according to written sources), where Francysk Skaryna himself used to walk. The emergence of the museum took a…
Location: The Cathedral building stands on the high bank at the junction of the rivers: the Western Dvina and the Palata, on Zamkavaya Str. 1. For many centuries, the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom was a symbol of independence, greatness, the political, economic and cultural significance of Polatsk among “cities equal to it.” Although many wars,…
Location: The church is located on the territory of the Spaso-Euphrasyne monastery on Ewfrasіnnіa Polackaya str. 89. The Transfiguration Church of the Spasa-Euphrasyne monastery in Polatsk is one of the earliest preserved churches in Eastern Europe. Its architecture, formed in the process of creative rework of Byzantine traditions, was an example of a fundamentally new…
Location: The Jesuit College is located in the western part of the historic city center, Straletskaya str. 4, near the Upper Castle and Ivan the Terrible’s Rampart. In 1580, Stefan Batory invited the Catholic Jesuit Order to settle down in the city and endowed them with lands and property. In 1581, the Jesuits opened a…
Location: The monument is erected in the southern part of the square bearing the same name, formed by the intersection of Francysk Skarynа Avenue and Gogol Street. The idea of erecting a monument to Francysk Skaryna in the homeland of the printing pioneer emerged in the 1920s in the wake of the rise of the…
On October 8, during the EHU conference “Ideas and Instruments of European Heritage in Belarus” prof. Alexander Kolbasko presented the project “Cultural Route of Francysk Skaryna (part Polatsk – Vilnius)” within the framework of the theme: “Skaryna’s Route in the context of cultural routes of the Council of Europe. Pilot Project Results”. Prof. A. Kolbasko…
At the International Congress of Researchers of Belarusian, a presentation of the implementation of the project “Francysk Skaryna Cultural Route (part Polatsk – Vilnius)” took place. The Congress was held on October 1-3 in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Congress was attended by members of the Project team Alexander Kolbasko, Sergey Kharevsky (European Humanities University) and Alexey…