Zhibortovshchina. Domeyko Manor.
Manor
Belarus, Grodno region, Dyatlovitsky district, Zhibortovshchina
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07.02.2025
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In the village of Zhibortovshchina near the town of Dyatlovo there are remains of a manor. The stone manor house, which was built in the early 19th century and belonged to the Domeyko family, has been preserved here. The building is made of stone, one-storied on a high stone foundation. There is a memorial plaque on the house with the inscription: "Ignat Domeyko, a world-famous scientist and national hero of Chile, lived here in 1884-1888." Ignat Domeyko (1802-1889) was a scientist and writer, a public figure, a member of the Philomath society, a scientist and a memoirist.
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Latitude: 53.48402386
Longitude: 25.3907335
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
07.02.2025
Zhibortovshchina. Domeyko Manor.
In the Dyatlovichi district, not far from the district center, there is the Zhibortovshchina estate. The estate belonged to the famous Belarusian Domeyko family.
The manor was built on the bank of a stream flowing into the Neman River. A memorial stone is embedded in the foundation of the palace, which contains the dates of construction of the estate "1819 R. Ignacy Domeyko".
After the war, the estate housed a medical facility. There is a memorial plaque on the house with the inscription: "Ignat Domeyko, a world-famous scientist and national hero of Chile, lived here in 1884-1888." The house is stone, one-story, rectangular in plan. On a high stone foundation. There was a garden and a pond near the house.
Ignat Domeyko (1802 - 1889) was a scientist and writer, a public figure, a member of the Philomath society, a scientist and a memoirist. He was born in the Medvyadka estate of the Novogrudok district. Domeyko's mother was the aunt of Dreaming Vereshchaki, whom the poet Adam Mickiewicz fell in love with. She was also a relative of national heros Tadeusz Reitan and Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
He studied at Vilnius University, where he participated in a secret public organization, the Philomath Society, together with poets Jan Chechot and Adam Mickiewicz. After his arrest in 1823 for participating in a partnership, he was investigated and exiled to his family estate under police supervision. For several years he lived in an estate in the Zhibartov region with relatives near Dyatlov.
After participating in the uprising in 1830-31, he emigrated to France and Chile, where he studied science. For his scientific and social activities in Chile, he was named a national hero of the country.
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