You are waited with acquaintance to masterpieces of area near river Neman: these are St. Peter and Paul church of XVII c with ensemble from six altars of XVIII c which architecture has features of a gothic style, a renaissance, a baroque and a rococo, and also a mosque in the small town Ivje. Then your way runs in city Lida where towers restored the Lida castle incorporated by grand duke Gedimin in 1323 as a powerful advanced post Neman region of the grounds against an impact of crusaders. The St. Michael church (1797-1825) towers nearby. In Malomozheykovo you will see unique Virgin Mary fortress-church of XVI c is the oustanding monument of the Belarusian gothic style constructed between 1516 and 1542, similar to a temple-citadel in Synkovichy; survey the St. Ioann Krestitel catholic church of XVIII c with ensemble from 7 altars in Vasilishki - a monument of architecture of a late baroque; a monument of a modern style - manor Golovichpolyie.

Arisen on a trading way "from variag to Greeks", Polotsk for the first time mentions in the ancient annals "the Story of time years". In X-XII cc. the capital of the Polotsk princedom was Polotsk; the Scandinavian sagas narrate about the Polotsk teams gone under walls Tsargrad; "Word about shelf Igor" glorify courage of townsmen and wisdom of prince Vseslav.

During a sightseeing tour you'll visit the Sofia Cathedral which like a white bird has risen on a high coast of Zapadnaya Dvina already in XI c, will visit a museum, and it is possible, will hear a concert organ's music. We'll visit to Spaso-Euphrasinia church laid down in 1120: it amaze with the architectural forms and a miracle the escaped frescos of XII c. Ephrasinia Polotskaya's power - Heavenly patroness of Belarus are based in the cathedral. You will get acquainted with a history of publishing in the Museum of the Belarussian publishing, that in a building of brotherly school at former man's at a monastery: here in XVIII c the poet and playwright Symon Polotsky taught. The defensive earthen shaft reminds about Livonian war, "the Red bridge" - about events 1812. In the centre of the city is the monument of the first printer Frantsysk Skaryna, native of Polotsk. There are 97 monuments of archeology, histories and cultures under protection of the state is situated in Polotsk. You can get acquainted on the excursion with the most interesting of them.