Semkovo. The ruins of the manor house.

The settlement of Semkovo has been historically known since the 16th century as the possession of the princes of the Solomoretsky family, who built a summer palace in the Renaissance style here. In the middle of the 18th century, the settlement was owned by the last Minsk voivode of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Adam Khmara. He built a luxurious residence here in the classical style. It included an apartment building, two outbuildings, gazebos, a greenhouse, entrance gates and a French-style park. The manor house had richly decorated facades and luxurious interior decoration, which Adam Khmara personally approved. The house had its own chapel, a rich library, collections of art and icons. There was a landscape park with alleys around the estate.

The last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth stayed in the palace. The palace complex and the park depicted Napoleon the Horde in his works.

The last owner of the estate in Semkovo was Romuald Helkovsky, who built a distillery on the estate in 1902. It is noteworthy that before the revolution, the writers Yanka Kupala and Jakub Kolas visited here.

After the 1917 revolution, the building of the palace complex was nationalized. The rich collections of art objects were plundered.  

 A boarding school for children was organized in the building of the estate, which worked even during the Great Patriotic War. However, the fascists carried out terrible experiments on children here, turning it into a children's concentration camp.

 During the Soviet years, a boarding school was located in the manor building for a long time.

Fragments of an apartment building, two outbuildings, and part of the parkland have been preserved to this day. Two memorial plaques can be seen in front of the building.

An interesting memorable place for those who love history.