Worth a Detour
Upper Town
The surviving old center on a rise above the river, with a white baroque cathedral and the rebuilt town hall.
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- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Freedom Square, MinskDirections
- Getting There
- Nyamiha metro station.
Why Go
Around Freedom Square stand the Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, first built as a church of a Catholic order in the 17th century, a former convent and the town hall, rebuilt in 2004 on its old foundations.
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About 205 miles away
A 19th-century fortress, and a huge memorial to its 1941 defense.
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