The ruins of the Сastle in Navahrudak -

The Church of St. Archangel  Michail in Navahrudak -

The Church St. Boris and Gleb in Navahrudak -

The Catholic church in Navahrudak -

The Church of  Kazan Mother of God in Nyazgnevichy-

Novogrudok castle

    One of the main attractions are the ruins of the ancient Novogrudok castle. Navahrudak Castle (Castle of Mindovg) was built on the site of ancient settlement on Castle Hill - a high, partly artificial hill, which was surrounded by a moat.

   The first fortifications were circular defensive wall with wooden buildings. A stone square tower was built at the beginning of the XIII century , which was called the Shield or Central. It served as the main element of the defense for the first time erected a stone castle on the site of the remains of wooden zamchischa. Castle with a central tower was founded the first Grand Duke of Lithuania Mindaugas. The tower survived the assaults of Galicia-Volyn, Tatar and some other troops, and in the end of the XIV century, rebuilt it, but of brick.

       Preparing to defend the settlement against raids by the Teutonic Knights in the castle were built three towers - Kostelnaya Small Tower - Brahma and craftsmen who were interconnected walls at the end of XIV - early XV centuries. On the western slope of the Castle Hill is a spring over which built the tower sump. In this tower there was a secret entrance to the castle and a special pass to the water. As such Navahrudak Castle Crusaders withstood numerous raids.

      At the end of XV - beginning of XVI century in connection with the Tatar raids castle continued to strengthen. In the north-western part was built Watch Tower. New wall tied it with Shield Tower. At the same time, in the south-eastern slope was further elevated Mesquite Tower-Gate that connects the walls with well tower and Little Brahma. The result is a two polygonal defensive zone, one of which was at the top, and the other - on the hillside. In the XVI century Navahrudak Castle consisted of seven towers and was one of the most powerful fortifications in Belarus.

     The castle suffered considerable damage during the Russian-Polish war 1654-1667 years. Mesquite tower, Well, Little Brahma and craftsmen were completely destroyed. The final blow to the castle wall caused the Swedes during the Northern War. By the beginning of the XX century from the top of the castle there were only three towers: Patrol, shields and Kostelnaya. During the XIX century, were demolished remains of the first of them, and in 1906 collapsed and Kostelnaya tower. During the First World War, collapsed south tower shield wall. Only in 1921, the ruins of the castle tried to take custody of, and in the years 1922-1930 it had a partial preservation of the surviving walls, towers and walls Kostelnaya were actually stacked again.

     Jousting festivals and tournaments held annually on the territory of Novogrudok castle.

The Church of St. Archangel  Michail in Navahrudak 

       The Church of St. Archangel  Michail located in Navahrudak, it is an architectural monument of the Baroque in Belarus, as well as one of the main attractions of the city. Originally the temple was part of the Dominican monastery.

     Dominicans settled in Novogrudok in the early XVII century, at the invitation of the Lithuanian magistrates Christopher Hodkevich who built them a wooden church of St. Jacek in 1624. A century later, in its place erected a new stone church. However, in 1751 there was a fire, and the church was almost completely destroyed. In 1805 it was restored. That same year, Bishop Valentine Volchetskaya consecrated it in honor of the Archangel Michael.

        When the church and the Dominican monastery was a school,  he studied the famous Belarusian writer Adam Mickiewicz from 1807 to 1815. After the uprising in 1832, the tsarist authorities closed the school. He was also eliminated the Dominican Order - Church of the Archangel Michael was the only Catholic parish in the city in 1858. The church was converted into a cathedral in 1922. However, the church was again forced to close its doors to worshipers in 1948 by the decision of the Soviet authorities. It was use as a granary and later as a furniture warehouse at the time of his beginning.

       The church was badly damaged by fire in 1976. Repair was not until 10 years later. Church of St. Archangel Michail parish was returned only in 1993 through the efforts of a Catholic bishop - Monsignor Anthony Demyanko.

      The icon of St. Michael the Archangel  is on the main altar of the Catholic church today - patron saint of the city since 1831. Her image was painted in 1640-1650, respectively.

The Church St. Boris and Gleb in Navahrudak -

      It is monument of Gothic architecture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (XVI century). Later repeatedly passed from confession to confession and rebuilt (Sarmatian Baroque, pseudo-Russian style).
   It was built on the placeof ancient temple of the XII century, the foundation of which fragments have been discovered under the altar during excavations in the 1960s. 

The temple of the XII century with 1317 was the cathedral of the Lithuanian-Novagradskoy metropolis, when it existed Monastery. The temple visited St Ioan, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia  In 1451 .
     New brick church  was built  on the place of the olda in the form of a ship of the means of Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky Metropolitan Iosif of Lithuania (Soltan)  in the years 1517-1519.

The Catholic church in Navahrudak -

        The Catholic church in Navahrudak  is architectural monument of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Novogrudok Grodno region (Belarus). Vitaut was built church in the Gothic style at the end of the XIV century, it was rebuilt in Baroque style Sarmatian in the early XVIII century.
To the present day from the three preserved Gothic chapel haphazardly-assembled in different sizes and shapes (the first half of the XVII century) with nervyurnymi arches and stained-glass windows. Faceted altar of the chapels are oriented in different directions and are dedicated to various saints (church originally was laid in honor of All Saints), which is perhaps reminiscent of paganism.
 The temple is revered miracle-working icon of the Mother of God in the Catholic Novogrudskaya edition.

Three-assembled haphazardly Gothic chapel of different sizes and shapes have survived (the first half of the XVII century) with nervyurnymi arches and stained-glass windows.
Faceted altar of the chapels are oriented in different directions and are dedicated to various saints (church originally was laid in honor of All Saints), which is perhaps reminiscent of paganism.

Icon miracle-working of the Mother of God of the Catholic Novogrudskaya edition is in the temple.

The Church of  Kazan Mother of God in Nyazgnevichy-

First Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village Negnevichi was built in 1629. The temple has been ascribed to the wooden church of St. Nicholas in the village. Negnevichi, unpreserved to the present day.

The present church was built between 1850 and 1865.