St. Nicholas Monastery Complex
St. Nicholas Monastery Complex is a monument of Baroque architecture in Mahilioŭ, Belarus.
It is situated in the Dnieper river valley, in a fenced territory. It consists of a number of stone buildings: the St. Nicholas and St. Onuphry Churches, a dwelling house (a hospital), a belfry and a fence with an entrance gate.
The stone building of the St. Nicholas Church was erected on the place of a wooden church from 1669 to 1672. The church is a three-nave cross-dome basilica with an octahedral light tambour and a large bulbous cupola over the middle part of the church. The dominant architectural feature of the church was a two-tower main facade with a figured pediment decorated with a set of diversiform tiered bays.
At present the complex is an active monastery.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 30, 2004, in the Cultural category.[1]
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Coordinates: 53°53′38″N 30°20′45″E / 53.8940°N 30.3457°E