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A SIGHTSEEING TOUR AROUND THE EARTH
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SLONIM GYMNASIA ? 1

• Team members
• Andrew Mukha
• Nastya Babei
• Dasha Belkevich
• Kate Shundrik
• Nastya Vorobyova
• Veronica Levkevich
• Nina Revenko
• Kate Rodriges
• Coordinator
• Irina Volynets

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• The world is a book, and those who do not travel
  read only a page.
• Saint Augustine
  (Roman philosopher)

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• Slonim Travel Company invites you on a wonderful
  sightseeing tour around the Earth.
• We are going to visit
• Belarus (Slonim)
• UK (Swansea)
• USA (Wichita)
• South Africa (Johannesburg).

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Slonim

guidebook
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Slonim

• Slonim was founded in the 11th century in a
  picturesque place where the river Issa flows into
  the river Shchara. This is one of the most
  ancient and beautiful towns of Belarus. The
  Slonim region is located in the south of Grodno
  oblast. eters. As of January 2006, there were
  72,000 people living in the region (of them
  51,400 in the town of Slonim).

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Slonim is located in the south-eastern part of
Grodno region on the Shchara River. It is an
administrative centre of Slonim district. Its
population is 51000 people. Its a small town but
it has many places of interests.
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The town has a considerable number of
architectural monuments and a rich historic and
cultural heritage. The towns history is reflected
in the exhibits of the Museum of local lore named
after I.Stabrovsky. It is one of the oldest
museums in Slonim. The museum was opened on
September 20 , 1929. There are 5000 exhibits.
Nowadays its situated in Lenin Square, 1. There
are two sections a natural section and a
historical section.
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St. Andrews Church

• The present brick church was built in the 18th
  century in the late baroque style. It has a
  splendid facade emphasized by the moldings and
  pilasters, two small towers express the
  buildings fantasy and lightness.

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The Bernadine's cathedral.

• It was founded in 1664-1670. There was a fire in
  1739. But then it was repaired. It is one of
  the most beautiful places of interest in Slonim

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On October 6, 2007 Slonim celebrated its 755th
anniversary. By that time Slonim had been
greatly reconstructed and now you can have a
wonderful rest, sitting on a comfortable bench
and enjoying a picturesque view in the centre of
our town.
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Dont miss the chance to visit the highest
cathedral in Slonim. It is Svyato-Uspensky
cathedral.
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There are many flowers and trees in Slonim. So
Slonim is considered to be one of the greenest
towns in Belarus.There are also many picturesque
places here. Forests occupy 34,8 of the
territory of the region. The largest woods are
conifer and spruce forests, birth and oak groves.
There is a botanical reserve of wild medicinal
plants, two landscape geomorphologic reserves,
and 13 natural monuments.
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St Dominicks Chapel (1745).
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After that you must visit the House of Culture
our theater. And if you are lucky you will see
one of its performances. You will be full of
emotions. There is a disco, a theatre with two
big halls, a bar and a billiard room in this
building.
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Troitsky cathedral

• You can see many wonderful Gods images here. It
  is a visible place in the landscape of Slonim.
  The cathedral was built in 1639 -1645

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Here is the house of Yanka Kupala. It is one of
the most important places in Slonim. Some years
ago there was a library of Yanka Kupala in this
building.
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Walk through the central park which is located on
the bank of the river Schara the longest river
in Slonim. There are many rivers in Slonim
Shchara, Grivda, Bereza, Issa, Zelvyanka.
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You can have a good rest on the beach of
Labazovskya lake. You can play volleyball, lie in
the sun, swim and bathe. You mustn't be afraid of
your life because there is a rescue party on the
beach.
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This is another important and historical place in
Slonim Puslovskys stable. That complex was
built in the 19th century. Now there is a
restaurant and a disco.
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This is the famous Puslovskys estate. It was
built in the 19th century. Nowadays this house is
the house of Culture.
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There are two lions in front of the estate at
both sides.
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Five kilometers from the town there is the
village of Zhirovichy, known since the second
half of the 15th century. The modern Zhirovichy
with its Uspensky Cloister and Minsk Religious
Academy and Seminary is considered to be the
centre of Orthodoxy of Belarus and the icon of
Zhirovichy Mother Christ is well-known far
beyond the borders of the Republic.
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This is another important place in Slonim. This
monument was dedicated to the second World War
(1941).
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Dont miss the chance to visit Slonim. Enjoy you
travel. Your visit will be memorable!.
Welcome to Slonim!
welcome to slonim!