Molodovo. The chapel-tomb of the Skirmunts.

In the town of Molodovo in the 18th and 20th centuries there was a manor belonging to the famous Belarusian gentry family of Skirmunts. Representatives of this family held responsible positions and owned large land holdings, factories and factories in Belarus.

Molodovo had the main residence of the Skirmunts - their ancestral estate. The palace was built in the late 18th century in the Empire style by Simon Skirmunt, and the architect was von Grosso. The palace and manor house in Molodovo have not survived to our time.

A chapel was built at the manor, in which all representatives of the Skirmunts were buried. The funeral chapel was erected in 1908 on the initiative of the then owner of the estate Henrik Skirmunt (1868 - 1939), who was a composer and poet, the author of the opera "Pan Volodyevsky" based on the novel by Heinrich Senkevich. The chapel was designed by the outstanding architect Tadeusz Roslavrovsky (1860-1928), an artist, designer, one of the most famous architects in Belarus and Lithuania at that time. In Molodovo, all representatives of the Skirmunt family were buried in and around the chapel. There were about 40 graves in total.

In Soviet times, the chapel was looted. Almost all tombstone graves near the chapel were also destroyed. A calf house was attached to the chapel, and there was a warehouse of tractor spare parts in the chapel itself. The chapel is currently under restoration.

The building is made of stone. In the plan, the temple is a rotunda with a diameter of 8 meters. It has a spherical dome. The entrance portal is four-columned, and the rest are with 2 columns. The volume of the chapel is treated with horizontal rustication and the building is completed with a wide frieze with a belt of stucco garlands. There were stained glass windows in the windows. A sculpture of Christ made of white marble was installed in the altar. The interior has not been preserved.