What to buy in the city deep. In the city you can see a large number. Each of them has its own unique story. We can talk about this indefinitely - this is a topic for a separate study. Among the interesting sculptures are monuments to the family, cherry

Lovely low houses, lots of greenery… Photo by Anya Shcherbitskaya

Many will not agree that traveling around is no less exciting than traveling abroad. We will try to prove to you that this is not so. First (and this is one of the most relevant reasons now), it is economical. Secondly, our country has a lot of places worth visiting. Today we draw your attention to the city of Glubokoe. 183 km from - and this is from 4 to 6 hours by car, 3.5 hours by car or 2.5 hours by car - and you are in the cherry capital. Do you think why go there? There are a lot of reasons, and we present some of them to your attention.

1.Architecture

The Orthodox church in Glubokoye was built in 1640 and was originally a church. According to legend, underground passages from it could get to the neighboring one, which was three kilometers away. The monastery near the then church is famous for the fact that Napoleon once spent the night in it and, admiring the beauty of the house, said that he would like to move it to Paris and put it next to Notre Dame.

Church that merges with the sky. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

Under the temple there is a dungeon, which can be led by guides. locals who worked at the plant (and in Soviet times there were cannery premises here) tell legends about ghosts. However, the guides say that they have not noticed anything unusual in the dungeon lately.

Opposite the church is the church of St. Trinity, which was built in Glubokoe in 1764-1782. and rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century.

Splendor inside the church. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

In 1643 thanks to Joseph Korsak Basilian monastery was built in the city suburb of Berezveche. It was a Uniate temple. From 1939 to 1941, Stalin's torture chambers were located here: the NKVDists kept about 2,000 political prisoners in the monastery. During the Great Patriotic War, in September 1941, the Nazis set up a death camp within these walls. In 1970 the temple was blown up. Today, within the walls of the monastery there is a correctional colony of a special regime.

2. Lakes

Only within the city there are 5 lakes and 1 river. And in the Glubokoe region, there are no less than 106 lakes, among which the most deep lake Belarus - Long (53.6 m).

Silk water in the lake in the vicinity of Glubokoye. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

Here's what's in the city centre. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

It is especially interesting that on the shore of Lake Ginkovo ​​(43.3 m - the third deepest in Belarus) there is a real natural cave - the only one in Belarus that even several people can climb into.

3. Alley of famous countrymen

9 busts of people significant for Belarus can be found in the center of Glubokoye. The alley was opened as part of the writing day in 2012 on the site where it used to stand. The opening of the alley was attended by the then chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee .

Busts of Ignat Buinitsky, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Yazep Drozdovich, Pavel Sukhoi, Vaclav Lastovsky, Jozef Korsak, Ales Dubrovich, Petr Kozlov and Yuri Sobolevsky are placed in the alley.

The bust of Vaclav Lastovsky looks great on the alley. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

4. Newlyweds Square

The place where all (or at least 99.9 percent) newlyweds of Glubokoe spend wedding photo shoots. Interestingly, the idea of ​​its creation belongs to an employee Tatyana Kolyago. The designers and craftsmen of the artistic forging enterprise helped to bring the idea to life.

A bench that creates an atmosphere. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

Everything for a photo shoot! Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

The result of the joint work of many specialists is the alley of the newlyweds, which has everything you need for a wonderful photo shoot. Now in all wedding albums of newlyweds from Glubokoe.

5. Cherry Festival

So far, not as famous as “, however, the event is rapidly gaining popularity. It is generally accepted that the first cherry varietal orchards in the Glubokoe region appeared in the 1930s, and they were created by a poviat agronomist Boleslav Lapyr.

Glubokoe is the cherry capital, and besides the fact that 1414 cherry trees (the year of the first mention of Glubokoe in the chronicle) were planted at the entrance to the city from Polotsk, “cherry drawings” can be found both in flowerbeds and at bus stops. The continuation of the cherry theme was the festival, which has been held in July for 4 years in a row. The holiday gathers guests both from all over Belarus and from abroad.

The program includes performances by creative teams, tasting of cherry products, concerts, photo exhibitions, sports events, auto shows, conferences, and various competitions.

6. Numerous monuments

In the city you can see a large number of. Each of them has its own unique story. We can talk about this indefinitely - this is a topic for a separate study. Among interesting sculptures- monuments to the family, cherry, book, grandfather-deep local, Jesus and the Samaritan woman, etc.

The deep-deep grandfather thinks about life. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

7. Dendrological garden

It was founded in the 1950s on the territory of the Glubokoe forestry enterprise. Its creator is considered to be a forestry engineer Victor Lomako, who selected exotic plants and watched how they take root in the north of Belarus. The collection of the Glubokoe Dendrological Garden includes more than 500 species of different trees and shrubs.

In terms of importance, it is second only to the Minsk Botanical Garden. Artificial reservoirs were created on the territory, and as a result, the place turned into a beautiful garden where you can get acquainted with a wide variety of flora and fauna and simply admire the magnificent nature.

8. Dairy plant

Mecca for lovers - yes, it is produced here. The Milk Cannery, or, as they say here, the IWC, is not only the place where they produce the best condensed milk in Belarus (at this place, fans of Rogachev condensed milk should stop reading and write a poisonous comment), but also sell it at producer prices. Of course, it’s not very profitable to go to Glubokoe (60 thousand by train) to buy a can of condensed milk for 5 thousand cheaper than in other cities, but if you are here anyway, then why not visit the branded “condensed milk " shop?

For those on a diet. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

By the way, here you can buy flavored condensed milk, for example, cherries, which you will not find in Vitebsk during the day with fire. Gift sets of condensed milk in beautiful packages or, on the contrary, condensed milk in crumpled cans, which are worth a penny due to this - all this can be found in the MKK store.

9. The highest flower garden in Belarus

Became a gift to the city on Independence Day from the private enterprise "In Azhur" under the leadership of Yuri Tatarinovich and employees of housing and communal services. The flower house resembles a Ferris wheel and is located next to the embankment of Lake Kagalnoye. The ten-meter structure weighs almost a ton and cost more than 40 million rubles.

Almost like the sun. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

10. Tractor Museum under open sky

The most unexpected attraction is the open-air tractor museum. Tractor different models stand in a row near the lake, which is located in the city center. You can’t ride them, but taking pictures is in any quantity.

And here is another place for a photo shoot. Photo Anya Shcherbitskaya

Still thinking? And we are already on our way!

HISTORY OF THE CITY DEEP

Glubokae was first mentioned in 1414 as land that belonged to Zenoviy Bratoshich. He received permission from Grand Duke Vytautas for the right to own his father's lands (the Glubokoe estate is mentioned among them). The next chronicle mention of Glubokoe refers to 1514. The Lithuanian metric notes that "the elder of the master Yuri Disnensky ... killed the man of the master of his grace Verkhnyants ... going from the auction from the estate of the master Yuri from Glubokoe ...". From this we can conclude that already at the beginning of the 16th century, the town of Glubokoe was a large shopping mall.

At that time, the town of Glubokoe was divided into two parts: the southwestern one belonged to the Zenovichs and was part of the Oshmyany district of the Vilna voivodeship, the northeastern one belonged to the Korsaks and was part of the Polotsk voivodeship. The center of the southwestern part was a trading square with shops, warehouses, a Uniate church, and a hospital. Glubokoe castle was built here. The north-eastern part of Glubokoye also had a shopping area in the center, from which the paths to Disna, Polotsk and the town of Berezveche began.

During the Livonian War (1558-83), Muscovite troops inflicted significant damage on Glubokoe and its environs. At the end of the 16th century, a Calvin collection, a library and a school were founded in Glubokoye. Since 1628 Trinity Church began to function. In 1636 The governor of Mstislav and the elder of Disna, Joseph Korsak, founded in the town a church and a monastery of the Order of the Barefoot Carmelites. In the middle of the 17th century, the Church of the Holy Trinity was built (it burned down in 1880).

During the war between the Muscovy and the Commonwealth of 1654-67. Glubokoye was occupied by Moscow troops. They built here a small wooden fortress - "stockade", which housed the garrison. November 6, 1661 a major battle took place near Glubokoe: the GDL troops led by Charnetsky defeated the Russian army under the command of Khovansky (more than 18 thousand people).

In 1668 southwestern part Glubokoy passed into the possession of the Radziwills. According to the inventory of 1702, the estate complex of the Radziwills in Glubokoe included the main 1-storey wooden building, an outbuilding, a bakery, warehouses, stables, sheds, a pond, a water mill, and other outbuildings. The estate had 263 households.

In the 18th century there were 2 retail space with commodity shops and dominated by wooden 1-storey residential buildings. In 1742 a synagogue was built, at the end of the 18th century - Ilyinsky chapel in the cemetery.

After the 2nd partition of the Commonwealth (1793), Glubokoye became part of the Russian Empire.

During the war of 1812, from July to December, Glubokoe was occupied by French troops. From July 18, Napoleon was here for 6 days. A milestone point and large food warehouses were created.

During the uprising of 1830-31. near Glubokoe there were battles between rebels and government troops.

Since 1842 southeastern part the town was in the possession of the state, the southwestern one remained privately owned; Glubokoe was the center of the Glubokoe volost, had 212 households in which 2161 residents lived (1861). In 1886 in Glubokoye there were breweries, distilleries, and brick factories; there were several warehouses with goods and private shops; markets were held on Sundays, and 2 fairs annually. According to the 1897 census, there are 5564 inhabitants in the town. During World War I a railroad was built to Glubokoe.

In November 1917 the first Soviets were organized in the town. February-December 1918 Glubokoye was occupied by German troops, and in August 1919 - July 1920. and October 1920. was occupied by Polish troops. On July 5, 1920, battles between the Soviet and Polish armies took place in the vicinity of the town, in which many soldiers died.

In 1921 - 39. Glubokoe became part of Poland and became the center of the Disna district of the Vilna province, in which by 1939. 9.7 thousand inhabitants lived.

From the autumn of 1939 Glubochchina is part of the BSSR. January 15, 1940 By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the BSSR, the Glubokoe district was created (the center is the city of Glubokoe) as administrative part Vileyka region. It included the city of Glubokoe, Glubokoe and part of the Zalesskaya volost of the Disna district. The territory of the district was 592 square meters. km. with a population of 35099 people (in Glubokoe - 9650).

July 2, 1941 Glubokoye was occupied by the Nazi invaders and transformed into the center of the district of the Reichskommissariat "Ostland". It housed the district council, the German garrison, army warehouses. The invaders created a Jewish ghetto in Glubokoye, which was destroyed in 1943. A death camp (Stalag No. 351) was located in the Berezvechie region, more than 27 thousand Soviet and Italian prisoners of war became its victims.

According to the new administrative division (since September 20, 1944), the territory of the Glubokoe district became a unit of the Polotsk region.

In January 1954, a administrative-territorial reform, according to which the Gluboksky and Plisky districts became part of the Molodechno region.

Since January 20, 1960 district - included Vitebsk region. In December 1962, the area of ​​​​the Glubokoe region increased due to the territory of the liquidated Plissky region.

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General information

Glubokoe is a city in the west of the Vitebsk region, remote from regional center at 187 km. The distance to Minsk is a little less - 162 km. The city's population barely reaches 19 thousand.

origin of name

The city got its name from one of the five lakes located within the boundaries of the settlement - Deep. Today this lake has a different name - Kahalnoe, which comes from the word "kahal" of the Jewish community, which once rented this water body. By the way, today it is the only hydronym in Belarus that has a Jewish origin.

City `s history

For the first time in written sources, Glubokoe is mentioned in 1414. At that time, it was a trading place, which was part of the GDL.

Located between Polotsk and Vilna, the city had great importance in the trade of that time. Trade was also established by local merchants with Riga, Warsaw and Koenigsberg.

During the XVI-XVIII in the town was Zenovichi-Radzivilov castle, destroyed in the years Northern war.

In the 1920s and 30s, Glubokoe was part of Poland. And since 1940 it became the center of the district, having received the status of a city in the same year.

Coat of arms of Glubokoye

The coat of arms of the city was received only in 2006 year. On it we can see the city wall, which protected the city for centuries from enemy invasions. Below are crossed sabers - a symbol of the local armed guards, as well as three gold coins - a reminder of the importance of trade in the history of the city.

Attractions

Glubokoe is rich in historical monuments associated with various events that took place in the city at different times.

One of the main attractions of Glubokoye can rightfully be considered Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built as a Carmelite church in the middle of the 17th century. The temple is an example of the Vilna baroque school.

Another architectural and religious monument of the city is Church of the Holy Trinity- a Catholic church built in the second half of the 18th century.

Preserved in the city cemetery, where Polish soldiers who died in the Soviet-Polish war are buried. A memorial column was erected at the same cemetery, which appeared here in honor of the Constitution on May 3, 1791, as well as the Catholic chapel of St. Elias of the end of the 18th century.

In the same cemetery, which has the name "Koptyovka", a burial dated 1871 has been preserved. Ferdinand and Wilhelmina von Munchausen are buried here. And although they have nothing to do with the famous Baron Munchausen, even today they have established in the city a monument to the same Baron Munchausen.

And at the exit from the city in the direction of Postavy, an airplane was installed - a monument to a famous native of the city - an outstanding aircraft designer Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi.

Another local attraction is dendrosad, remote from the city of Glubokoe at a distance of one and a half kilometers. The garden appeared in 1967 and united the order 500 plants from all over the planet. Today, this object in its scope is second only to the capital Botanical garden. And nearby, in specially equipped pens, spotted deer from the Far East live.

Well, the disease also has positive aspects - there was time to write here / well, when it warms up, the eyes open and the strength is a bit increased /. Therefore, I am writing a long-promised post about the city of Glubokoe itself, and then I will write about the surroundings - the famous places of Udelo and Mosar.

So, the city / mestechka / Glubokoe.

The city is located in the frame of large and small lakes. This regional center of the Vitebsk region is the largest locality on the 250-kilometer highway Polotsk - Vilnius, the road that in ancient times connected the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, with the capital of the Polotsk principality, by the shortest route. And besides, roads to Disna, Miory, Braslav, Daugavpils, Vileika, Myadel, Postavy, Minsk run up from Glubokoye...

Having tied all these ancient paths-hotels into a single knot, Glubokoe, known from written sources since 1514, developed for many centuries as a typical privately owned place.

A photo of a small panorama taken in the Glubokoe Museum of Local Lore, which helps to see how Glubokoe was in the century before last.
1. Carmelite monastery /former/, now the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin.
2. Trinity Church
3. One of the streets that I photographed while climbing the tower of the temple of the former Carmelite monastery.

Glubokoe was divided into two unequal parts by the Berezovka River and the Great (Berezvechsky) and Kagalny (Deep) lakes. The city is located on a complex terrain: in a river valley at two heights above the mentioned lakes.

When we were at the Cherry Festival, they held a small walking tour in the city center. To be honest, I didn’t listen very much - I ran more than fotkala))) Why? well ... I myself, as a guide, took excursions there many times and told all this))) In general, while the guide at the walls of the Cathedral / former Carmelite church / told our story of the monastery and the temple ...


... I went to the temple and, taking advantage of my official position / well, I'm an employee of the National Tourism Agency / and climbed the tower of the temple unaccompanied))) I performed a feat) I'm afraid of heights!) And enclosed space!) And here almost a vertical stone staircase in a narrow vertical circular room... uhhh!

this flash illuminated, and so there was complete darkness!
You should have seen how I was looking for a switch on the wall by touch to turn on the lighting))) I found it! But there was little light - a weak bulb. Therefore, in the twilight, praying to myself, almost feeling the touch of time with my skin, I climbed up ...
I strove to where the arrow points to take a picture beautiful view to the city!))) Unfortunately, at that time there was still an old neighbor's fotik.

The view was amazing! Now I understand how many and what kind of photos I could take with my new camera! But ... who knows - maybe when I will repeat the feat with God's help)))


view of the old market square, Trinity Church and behind it the Great (Berezvechskoye) Lake.
And below is a view of the street, which is on the panorama at number 3.

Returning to the history of the city ... and so, the division of the city into 2 parts made the history unique. Its smaller part - the north-east - for a long time belonged to the rich Korsakov family. The greater - south-western - part of Glubokoe was owned by large feudal lords Zenovichi, then magnates Radziwills and their heirs Wittgensteins. These different parts of the town were even part of different voivodeships. A smaller part belonged to Polotsk, a large part - to the Vilna Voivodeship. This continued until the eighteenth century.

in the photo to the right - one city center, and in the distance, where tall modern buildings - another, now there is an administrative center and the main events of the Cherry Festival were held there.

Here is the farthest part of the city in the photo, it belonged to the Radziwills. The place was called Market Place. And earlier there was a castle and the estate of the Radziwills. Now it's central square district center with all the attributes of the Soviet era inherent in such areas: the building of the city executive committee, a department store, a bank and other structures.

Through the square, the square is open towards Lake Glubokoe (or Kagalny).

There are two monuments in the park: to the soldiers who liberated Glubokoe in 1944, and to servicemen, natives of Glubokoe, who died during the war in Afghanistan (1978-1988). There were five of them.

The triangular square between the church and the cathedral, which is clearly visible in the picture that I took from the tower, was previously called May 3 Square in honor of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, adopted on May 3, 1791. But already two years later, in 1793, Glubokoe became part of Russia and by the end of the 19th century, there were more than 5,500 thousand inhabitants, which was quite a lot at that time.

The “frontier” past of the town was not forgotten, and when the Bolsheviks signed a peace treaty with the Poles in Riga in 1921, this past backfired. Deep turned out to be on the Polish-Soviet border - the border passed 25-27 km from the city. On September 17, 1939, the campaign of the Red Army began in Western Belarus, after which it became part of the BSSR. Today, the name of the square reminds of these events - the square of September 17th.


Farny Trinity Church.

This trapezoid, close in shape to a triangle, square has long been another trade center of Glubokoye. There was a prikostelny platz with a Carmelite market. This north-eastern part of the city once belonged to the Korsaks - a powerful family that owned many lands in the vicinity of Glubokoe and Disna. The Korsaks were the heirs of the Polotsk princes. The first representatives of this genus are mentioned in Polotsk letters in 1385.

In the first half of the 16th century, the Korsakov family was among the top ten richest families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, owning more than 20,000 serfs. The most significant trace in history was left by the governor of Mstislav and the headman of Disna, Joseph Lvovich Korsak (1570 - 1630; 1643), who died childless. He converted from Orthodoxy to Uniatism, then to Catholicism.

It was he who gave big influence on the fate of Glubokoy. At his expense, in the 17th century, the Farn Trinity Church and the Carmelite Monastery with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin were built on this square. These monuments, with their facades facing the square and each other, form a surprisingly picturesque silhouette of the historical part of the city.

former Carmelite church, photo 1939
The monastery complex of the Carmelites, which now includes the building of the former church, monastery and gate, was founded in 1639-1654, rebuilt in 1735, apparently by Joseph Fontana III - one of the creators of the "Vilna" baroque style. The Carmelite church in Glubokaye is, perhaps, the first materialized example of the mentioned style in Belarus. It will be followed by other monuments (Sophia of Polotsk, Uniate churches in Berezvechie, Boruny, Zhirovitsy, a church in Stolovichi, etc. - I will tell about all these places in my day - that's why I am leading it).

In front of the main façade there is a three-arched two-tier gate, erected simultaneously with the rebuilding of the temple in 1735.

Above the gate there is a figurative completion, in which the statue of St. Teresa was previously placed, later replaced by the icon of the Mother of God.

High gates precede the vast monastery courtyard and, being located on the same axis with the church, point to main entrance into it, represented by a richly decorated portal with carved wooden doors.

Well, welcome inside the temple))) Come in - there we will continue our walk around the temple with such a big interesting story!
Now I’ll tell you a little about the interior decoration, and then.... /shhh... we’ll quietly go down to the basement under the temple, which keeps oh so many secrets... which it doesn’t reveal yet, but only hints at.../

The temple is covered with cylindrical vaults with stucco geometric ornaments in the interior. The frescoes that covered the walls and ceiling of the temple, unfortunately, were lost in 1875 when the church was rebuilt into a church. At the same time, an iconostasis was installed in it. True, when I was in Glubokoe 5-6 years ago, the temple was being renovated, but ... I saw frescoes on the columns from the time of the Carmelites with my own eyes !!! Then it was all painted over with paint ... And on the temple there is a sign "protected by the state." But you could just close it with icons, still preserving for posterity a piece of the history of this monument. Moreover, excursions are accepted, even there is a guide. They do not take money, but people ALWAYS donate to maintain the temple, regardless of religion. But this is so - a lyrical digression, a reason for reflection.

Its sacred and artistic value is a copy of the miraculous image of the Mother of God “It is worthy to eat”, brought here in 1911 from Karyes, the capital of Mount Athos.

The stone three-storey monastery, which replaced the wooden one in 1735, adjoined the apse of the church from the north-western side, forming a closed courtyard. Its eastern wing has been preserved, the other two, dilapidated, were dismantled in 1892, almost three decades after the closing of the monastery (1864).


Again - when I visited during the renovation, the windows of the building were still open, but now they are walled up. I didn’t ask what is there now ... I don’t want to ... It’s just a pity when something originally created, once beautiful is lost ...

As for the history of the monastery and the question that has been tormenting you for a long time - when and why was all this given to the Orthodox? I tell you... the reason for closing the monastery was the uprising of 1863 and the active participation of the Carmelites in it, who gave food to the rebels, supplied them with medicines, and sheltered them in the dungeon of the monastery.

For reference: The Uprising of 1863, or the January Uprising, is a gentry uprising on the territory of the Kingdom of Poland, the North-Western Territory (what is now practically the territory of Belarus) and Volyn with the aim of restoring the Commonwealth within the borders in the east of 1772. It began on January 22, 1863 and continued until the autumn of 1864, ending with the defeat of the rebels. Those. attempt to get out of control Russian Empire, under which they fell after the three sections of the Commonwealth. On the Internet you can find a lot of materials for those who are interested.

There were 30 monks in the monastery at that time. They dressed in a black or dark walnut cassock with a hood, wore a gray hat. The Carmelites are monks of a mendicant Catholic order, whose history is extremely interesting and instructive, but nevertheless I will tell about them separately.

St. Juan della Cruz dressed as a Carmelite monk

St. Teresa of Avila dressed as a Carmelite nun

Here, in Glubokoe, the followers of St. Teresa of Avila - the Barefoot Carmelites stayed for no less than 226 years (1639-1865)! The monastery owned 15 estates, which brought in 100 thousand zlotys per year. The Glubokoe Carmelites maintained a school, a gentry boarding school for twelve people, a library of three thousand books, a physical office, a pharmacy, a hospital, and several living rooms for travelers.
On July 18, 1812, Napoleon stayed in these chambers. Moving with his guard from Vilnius towards Moscow and pursuing on the heels of the army of Barclay de Tolly and Bagration.

At the entrance to the temple, right at the door of the main entrance in the main room, an inconspicuous rather worn carpet lies on the floor...

Now we're going to pull back this rug and...


What is this? steps? Where? .. to the cellars under the temple!!!
According to legend, the vast dungeons that were under the buildings of the church and the monastery stretched under the square to the Trinity Church and even further to Berezvechie, where the monastery of the Basilians was located, which I will talk about later.

After the defeat of the uprising, the cells of the monastery and its dungeons turned into chambers for torture and detention of prisoners - participants in the uprising of 1863-64, over whom the Vilna governor-general Muravyov arrived here, known in history as Muravyov the hanger, because that it was he who led the suppression of uprisings and riots against the annexation of our lands to the Russian Empire.

Shall we walk through the basements? not scary? To be honest, while I was walking there next to my husband, while ours were all roaming around there, it was not scary. But when I waited for everyone to leave, to take at least a couple of pictures with my frail old camera, it became creepy ...
Judge for yourself - here are the photos.



the flash highlighted what was not noticeable in the twilight, but at the same time the photo turned out not so scary as in the twilight of the "forty" bulbs ...

before the start of repair and type of "restoration" work, there were burials here. I don’t know about their fate, but I didn’t ask - who will tell the truth ...
In the crypt under the temple, in one of the niches, one could previously read the inscription: “Here the bones of the noble fundator sleep in the world, his soul is in heaven.” Where are these bones now, like other monks ... Probably only God knows.
True, several times we stumbled upon such a fence - most likely the surviving burial places.

I don’t know about anyone, but I was scared there. But there was no such "animal" fear. Only some incomprehensible feeling of the invisible presence of Time... It is difficult to convey in words, but it seemed that it was worth being alone in silence, pressing your palms against the wall, closing your eyes and... you can see pictures from the past, hear the voices of the monks...

But time was running out and it was necessary to run further - the program at the festival was intense!
Before crawling out into the light of God, I drew attention to the steps to the cellars - there were boards on the brickwork, and some very well-groomed or something ...


the guide explained that these boards have been lying here ... since the construction of the temple by the Carmelites !!! yyyy ... where is the device that reads the time information? !! scientists, what are you doing?! How much would we learn from these steps!!!

Here is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin ... a Carmelite monastery ...
If you're in Glubokoe, be sure to check it out! I think if you ask to see the cellars, they will not refuse you - the main thing is that there should be no service at that moment.
Well, goodbye to the temple - a view from above, a photo that I took, climbing up the tower and periodically leaning out of the doors leading to the ledges above the temple. This peeking was the most terrible - my legs were already trembling with fear - there was a low fence like a balcony, I just leaned out a little and stretched out my hand to take a photo and ... quickly back so as not to fall off - really dizzy.

Opposite this temple is the Trinity Church. / in the photo from the tower it is clearly visible /. There was no time to go there, so just a few words about him.

In this place in 1628 Joseph Korsak founded a wooden church. Located on the mountain, it was clearly visible to the inhabitants of the surrounding villages. During the Thirteen Years' War (16541667), when Glubokoe was attacked by Russian troops, the church burned down, but was rebuilt. In 1764, the dilapidated temple was dismantled, and by 1782 a stone church in the late Baroque style was built in its place.

Initially, the church was a single-nave, two-tower basilica with an elongated semicircular apse. During the reconstruction in 1902-1908, according to the project of the architect Y. Zaro, a transept, side aisles and a sacristy were added to the temple, which gave the building a three-dimensional composition of a three-aisled cross basilica. At the same time, the two-tiered towers grew by two tiers and became four-tiered. Their decorative decoration was sustained in the former late Baroque ("Vilna") style.

Initially intended for all-round viewing due to its location on a high point of the square, the church is perceived as a stylistically complete sculptural composition. The same integrity of the architectural and artistic image is characteristic of the interior of the monument.

There is also a very cozy Museum of Local Lore. It is located in an old brick small two-story mansion. The halls are small, which gives them coziness and some kind of homely atmosphere. There is a working gramophone, which is sometimes turned on at the request of visitors. Be sure to check it out when you are in the city.
Here are a couple of photos of the museum from my previous trips to Glubokoe.

Finishing the story about Glubokoye, it remains to say that in recent years the city has changed a lot. A bustling place, where earlier on Sundays they traded mainly rye, wax, lard, hunting trophies, since 1944 it has become a regional center of the Vitebsk region.

Now 18 thousand people live in Glubokoe. Mainly food industry enterprises work here. And with one of them, almost every inhabitant of the republic, and not only, is probably familiar in absentia. I mean a dairy plant that produces condensed and concentrated milk with various, now cherry additives - products that are popular with most buyers.
The industrial zone is concentrated mainly in the southwestern part of the city. And at the exit to the north, you can see another important historical landmark of Glubokoe - the former Basilian monastery, which was previously located in the village of Berezveche, which was included in the city of Glubokoe in the 60s of the twentieth century. The monastery is located 2 km from September 17 Square, on the shores of the Great Lake (Berezvechsky). But this is a completely different story that deserves a separate post.

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