Парк з рэшткамі сядзібы, Manor house ruins and park in Telman, Belarus.
Zamok Vishnevetskikh is a park on the right bank of the Braginka River in Telman, Bragin District. It was laid out in the late 18th century by the Rakitsky family in a Baroque style. Three tree-lined alleys radiate from the former manor house toward the river, and a large lawn with a boulder lies in front. Only part of one wall of the manor remains. The park contains linden, maple, hornbeam, oak, elm and willow trees.
In 1574 King Henry of Valois granted Bragin and its surrounding lands to the Lithuanian magnates Alexander and Michael Wiśniowiecki, who built two castles: one in Bragin and one in the village of Gorodishche (later Dvor-Gorodishche), 4 km away on the right bank of the Braginka. The Telman castle was probably built in the Baroque style. In 2012, the remains of its wall were conserved and the surrounding area was put in order under the "Castles of Belarus" programme, funded by the French foundations "Heritage Without Borders" and "Val de Voire".
The heart-shaped boulder in the park is called the Stone of Love. Legend says that in 1603 the impostor False Dmitry met his future wife Marina Mniszech by this stone, which then stood in the Bragin castle of the Vishnevetsky princes. After that castle was destroyed during Bohdan Khmelnytsky's uprising, the boulder was moved to Gorodishche and later to this park. Today couples sit on it for a long marriage, and pieces are taken as souvenirs.
The site lies in the southern part of Telman, on the right bank of the Braginka. The remains of the Rakitsky manor wall were conserved in 2012 under the "Castles of Belarus" programme, funded by the French foundations "Heritage Without Borders" and "Val de Voire". The park is crossed by three alleys that run from the former manor house toward the river.
The heart-shaped boulder in the park, called the Stone of Love, is linked by legend to the 1603 meeting of False Dmitry I and Marina Mnishek. It supposedly stood at the Bragin castle and was moved to Gorodishche after the castle's destruction during Bohdan Khmelnytsky's uprising. Newlyweds still sit on it for a long marriage, and pieces are taken as souvenirs.
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