Skidel. The Chetvertinsky Estate.

During the trip to Skidel, it is worth visiting the local park, through which 2 water channels were laid, and an unusual gate has been preserved. And in the center of the park there is a family chapel-the tomb of the Chetvertinskys.

The gates in the park are unusual. These are 2 stone towers made of red brick. If you look at the coat of arms of Skidel, you will see that these towers have become the main element of the coat of arms of the city.

The Chetvertinsky estate with a park was built on the banks of a small local river Skidelyanka. The manor palace has not been preserved to our time, since it was destroyed by fire in 1920. The palace building had a U-shaped shape and was located in the center of the park. The estate also had outbuildings and a mill on the riverbank, which unfortunately has not been preserved. After the fire at the estate, the Chetvertinskys lived in an outhouse. To date, a park with a chapel and an entrance gate have been preserved from all over the estate.

After the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the second half of the 18th century, Skidel became part of the Russian Empire, and Empress Catherine II transferred the place to the widow of Prince Anthony Svyatopolk–Chetvertinsky, Colette. Prince A. Chetvertinsky himself was a well-known politician in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and became famous for speaking out against the new Constitution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was adopted on May 3, 1791. And Anthony Chetvertinsky was executed as a traitor to the Motherland. After joining Russia, the Empress took his family under her own care and presented them with a Skidel with 1.5 thousand serfs.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Chetvertinskys built themselves an estate and a park in Skidel. The entrance gate - two brick towers, which vary in height, were built at the end of the 19th century in the Neo-Gothic style. The park covers an area of about 5 hectares and is created in a regular landscape style.