Minsk. Church of the Virgin Mary.

The brick church was built in 1700-1710 in the Baroque style: a three-nave six-pillar basilica. In the interior near the apse in the side naves there were two chapels: the Holy Trinity and St. Felician, the founder of the latter was nobleman K. Zavisha. There were 12 different wooden sculptures of apostles in the church. The fresco paintings in the Baroque style were made by the artist Kazimierz Antoszewski. The two-tower facade is decorated with two multi-tiered towers and is oriented towards Svoboda Square. Between the towers is a baroque shield. On the facade, in the niches, there were sculptures of saints: St. Peter and St. Paul on the towers and the Mother of God with the child on the pediment. At that time, four name bells were installed on the towers of the church: Casimir, Thaddeus, Felician and Jacob. Jacob's bell weighed 350 pounds. The church was rebuilt and repaired several times. In Soviet times, the sports association "Spartak" was located in the church building. In 1747, the building of the Jesuit collegium was erected to the right of the church. In Minsk, the Jesuits provided the best education, free education. Well-known teachers worked in the collegium, for example, Adam Krupsky - professor of philosophy, Adam Abramovich - preacher and polemicist. After joining the Russian Empire in 1799, the collegium building housed the present seats, and then the state chamber, treasury and other provincial institutions.