Pruzhany. Museum-estate "Pruzhansky palatsik"

The stone manor impresses and delights with its appearance, consisting of several parts, different in height and volume. The house has two floors from the west, a square tower adjoins it from the east, and a one—story extension with a semicircular veranda from the west. The eastern part of the building includes a two-storey building in the shape of the letter "G" with a risalite projecting from the south side and having a gable at the top. All the objects of the building are decorated with pitched roofs. The facade is also impressive: the terrace on two columns overlooks the park, and the windows have semi-arched outlines.

The park, which covers eight hectares, is also a picturesque place and is rich in various tree species such as alder, ash, oak and hornbeam.

The Pruzhany palace is a monument of historicism, embodied in the Neo—Renaissance style, especially its interesting variety - an early Renaissance rural villa.

Rethinking the architectural forms of the past was a characteristic feature of the advanced architectural thought of Western European countries from the end of the XVIII to the middle of the XIX century. This is due to the spread of the ideas of romanticism and sentimentalism in art. In landscape art, the strict regular style gives way to a more free landscape style, which strives for a harmonious fusion with the surrounding nature.

At the end of the first quarter of the XIX century, written sources recorded the name of the new owner of the estate — Bernard Shvykovsky. The Shvykovsky dynasty ruled the estate for the next three generations. In 1843, the large estate was divided into equal parts between the sons of Pyotr Shvykovsky, and from that moment the history of the Pruzhany palace begins.