Date :
Monday, September 23, 2024
There are 969 national and local natural monuments in Belarus. They are all divided into botanical, geological and hydrological.
Each monument has unique properties and is of great historical and cultural significance for the Republic of Belarus. Let's learn the most valuable of them in our selection.
Brest region
Drogichin district
"Kariya oval "Brashevichskaya". This is a botanical monument of nature, the only nut-bearing specimen in the country. The height of the plant is almost 25 meters, and the age reaches 110 years.
Baranovichi district
This is a unique hydrological natural monument with high quality water. Spring “Yasenets” is an unusual source. The water in it passes through rocks located horizontally, so this type of source is called ascending.
Malorita district
Here is located a geological natural monument, called the boulder "Devil's Stone" Khmelevsky. This is pink medium-grained granite of Scandinavian origin, with parameters of 2.50 in length, 2.10 in width and 1.75 in height.
Lyakhovichi district
The most valuable botanical monument is park “Soveiki”. It is part of the palace and park complex of the 19th century. The southwestern part of the park is represented by a water composition of three ponds connected by channels and dams.
Stolin district
Park “Mankovichsky” is a botanical natural monument located on the banks of the Goryn River. This is a landscape park dated 1885, in which exotic plantings coexist with local ones.
Vitebsk region
Senno district
The "Devil's Stone" or "Kravets" lives in the district. According to legend, a tailor nicknamed Kravets took paid orders even on religious holidays, and as punishment he was turned into stone. This West Finnish boulder of glacial origin is the second largest in the republic. The giant weighs almost 340 tons.
Orsha district
In the ancient park "Vysokoye" part of Makshitsky estate has been preserved - a linden alley. The age of the trees of the botanical natural monument is 120-140 years.
Miory district
About 1-3 thousand years ago, a hydrological natural monument emerged – the spring of St. Yan, flowing into the Auta River. The spring was consecrated by the Orthodox Church as the source of John the Baptist, next to which a font and a chapel were built.
Postavy district
The district is famous for its geological natural monument called Lysaya Mountain. This hill, which has a dome-shaped form, a convex top and slopes, rises to 155 meters. People call it Devil's Mountain, in honor of the bridge over the Sporiza River.
Lepel district
Tsar Oak "Tadulinsky" is located here. The aesthetic, historical, cultural and scientific value of this botanical natural monument is 220 years, and the height of the giant is 33.4 m.
Gomel region
Loev district
Loev outcrop was formed 135-110 thousand years ago. The height of the geological monument, which is famous worldwide, is 18-20 meters.
Gomel City
The ancient landscape park of Belarus of the 19th century, located in the historical center, is a unique botanical monument of nature. On the territory of the palace and park ensemble there is a 40-meter observation tower.
Zhlobin district
Another park from the end of the 19th century is Red Bank. The trees in the English park are 80-100 years old.
Rechitsa district
The unique oak grove "Rechitskaya" is located in the same-name district. Here grow the most valuable oaks, the age of which is 120-145 years.
Kalinkovichi district
The hydrological monument "Penitsa" of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary includes a small chapel, a bathing place and a spring stream. The spring was consecrated in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
Grodno region
Slonim district
150-220 thousand years ago, a small hill of different-grained sand and gravel-pebble material was formed, now a geological natural monument - Mount "Kolpak".
Oshmyany district
The geological natural monument "Bride's Stone" has mystical properties for both unmarried and married couples. This Aland island boulder made of pink granite was brought here about 130-150 thousand years ago.
Grodno district
More than 30 species of rare and exotic trees and shrubs grow in the botanical natural monument "Svyatsk". This picturesque English park was built in the 18th century for the noble family of Volovich.
Volkovysk district
Ross outcrop appeared in a chalk quarry about 67-69 thousand years ago. The geological natural monument is a complex of overturned sedimentary rocks.
Ivye district
The freshwater spring "Ivyevsky" is a model of freshwater quality. The first mentions of it date back to 1914.
Minsk region
Kletsk district
Part of the former summer residence of the Radziwills is of scientific, historical and cultural value. The botanical natural monument of the late 18th century is a landscape park where the age of the trees exceeds 200 years.
Borisov district
The area includes the Staroborisovsky forest, which is divided into five forest types. Some areas are 100-150 years old.
Volozhin district
The moraine hill – Mount “Zamechek”, formed 220 – 150 thousand years ago, rises 225 meters above sea level. The top and slope of the geological natural monument are full of large and small boulders.
Myadel district
The hydrological natural monument – “Mlyn” was created to preserve the spring complex and has high ecological quality of water. Near the spring there are ruins of an old mill dated 1903.
Vileika district
The geological natural monument was formed 130-110 thousand years ago. Vincentovo outcrop is valuable for studying flora.
Mogilev region
Slavgorog district
"Blue Well" is a 2-meter deep lake. The hydrological natural monument maintains a temperature of +8 degrees throughout the year.
Cherikov district
The valuable tree species of the botanical natural monument, Veprinskaya Oak Forest, date back two centuries. This area has water conservation significance.
Shklov district
The observation deck of the geological natural monument "Lysaya Mountain" offers an incredible view of the Dnieper and Nizhny Ditch outcrop.
Kirovsk district
The small town impresses with the botanical natural monument "Bulgakov". This is an old park from the first half of the 19th century, part of which is planted with a unique pine alley.
Gorki district
The arboretum, founded in 1847, contains trees that are between 150 and 200 years old.
Minsk
In Minsk district, the "Stone of Love" appeared 150 thousand years ago. This is a geological natural monument of Scandinavian origin weighing almost 22 tons. They say that this boulder was an altar.
Spring “Saint Wells” is part of a mixed-type spring complex. The hydrological natural monument, along which an ecological trail is located, flows into the Udra River.
The fifty-year-old oak grove "Shhomyslitskaya" is a botanical monument of nature. The diameter of the trunks of which reaches one meter.
Zaslavl outcrop is of scientific value in the study of glacial relief, which is rare in the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
A rare spring located on Minsk Upland. The source of the Ptich River originates in a swampy area that has not been subject to melioration.