Waukawysk: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

At the P.I. Bagration Military-Historical Museum in Vaukavysk, three exhibitions present the history of ancient Vaukavysk, Vaukavysk in the 20th century, and the War of 1812. The museum has existed since 1935 and holds more than 50,000 collection items.

Renting a holiday apartment in Waukawysk is an option for planning your own trip.

Culture

The Church of Saint Wenceslaus in Vaukavysk was built in 1848 in the late Classicist style and is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of Belarus. The Church of Saint Nicholas was built in 1874 from brick in the Russian Eclectic style.

History

Zamchišče is the site of the suburb of ancient Vaukavysk. Excavations uncovered the foundations of a church there; construction was halted at the foundation stage. The church foundations at Zamchišče are more likely dated to the second half of the 12th century.

Landscape

Gora Shvedskaya is the highest part of a moraine ridge located 0.5 km southeast of present-day Vaukavysk; it rises 18 m above the foot of the ridge. As a named hill, Gora Shvedskaya is located in the immediate vicinity of Vaukavysk.

Gora Shvedskaya is home to an almost circular archaeological settlement platform surrounded by an earthwork that has been preserved in places up to 7 m high. Archaeological interpretations probably locate the court of the Prince of Vaukavysk on Swedish Hill.

Gora Kostina is a named mountain in the wider regional surroundings of Vaukavysk. The named mountains Gora Regorova and Gora Mayakovaya are also located there.

Further destinations: Grodno, Smarhoń, Zhukevichi, Shchuchyn, Lida, Zеĺva, Kareličy, Slonim

For the higher-level travel overview: Grodno Region.