Voroncha. The manor.
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Belarus, Grodno region, Korelichsky district, Voroncha.
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In the Korelichi district, in the village of Voroncha, the remains of an estate have been preserved. The owners of the estate were various well-known gentry families. Jozef Neselowski began building the manor and park ensemble in the 18th century. There were two palaces, outbuildings, a brewery, a park and the Catholic church of St. Anna. Then the estate passed several times to different owners. The last owners were Lubanskys. Famous Belarusian historians, writers and poets visited the estate: A. Mickiewicz, J. Chechot, M. Vereshchaka, J. Bulgak, V. Korotkevich and many others. A church, a brewery, a park and the remains of several outbuildings have been preserved to our time.
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Ruins
Historical
Park area
Architectural monument
Literary
Location
Latitude: 53.41390664
Longitude: 26.0591114
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
06.02.2025
Voroncha. The manor.
Voroncha was first mentioned in written sources in the 17th century during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The settlement was part of the Novogrudok district. Since 1666, the voivode of Brest, Stefan Kurcha, owned the village.
At the beginning of the 18th century, Kazimir Ignatiy Neselovsky became the new owner of Voroncha, and then his nephew Jozef Neselovsky. The estate was built in the 1780s by the last governor of Novogrudok, Jozef Neselowski. Two palaces and two side wings, a distillery, a treasury, outbuildings and a park were erected. The architectural complex of the estate included the Catholic church of St. Anna. The church was built in the classical style at the turn of the 18th - 19th centuries. The temple has a crypt with graves of Neselovskys and Vereshchaks.
The palace was a wooden one-story, rectangular in plan, built in the Baroque and classical styles. Covered with a high mansard roof, shingled. The palace had about 20 rooms, which had rich interiors with beautiful furniture, paintings, weapons and a library. There were whole labyrinths of vaults under the house, which probably remained, apparently, from an ancient castle.
After the Neselovskys, there were different owners in the estate: Kobylinsky, Merzheevsky and Lyubansky. The estate was sold to Merzheevsky Anton in 1844. His daughter Isabella married Alexander Lubansky (1863-1932). At the end of the 19th century, the stone palace was rebuilt as a distillery, which has survived to our time.
The Lubanskys were the last owners here until 1939. The palace was destroyed during the war in 1943.
The Church of St. Anna, brewery, and a fragment of the park with the "Adam Mickiewicz oak" have been preserved to this day. According to legend, the genius poet loved to write his works under this oak tree. The oak is gone, and only the stump of the historical tree has been preserved. A. Mickiewicz mentioned in his brilliant work "Pan Tadeusz" the owner of the estate Neselovsky.
The remains of several stone outbuildings remain in the park and in the village.
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