Bychau: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Bykhov District Historical and Local Lore Museum presents an exhibition in six halls covering the district’s archaeology and nature, the history of the city’s fortress, ethnography, everyday life, regional history, and the Second World War.

Wanting to rent a holiday apartment in Bychau can be a possible starting point for planning your own trip.

Culture

The Bykhov District Historical and Local Lore Museum is housed in a building that served as a boys’ grammar school in the 19th century. The Memorial of Military Glory is also located on the museum grounds. The “Bykhov: Past and Present” project compares the city’s past and present using old and modern photographs. In addition, the museum offers introductory tours of the exhibition, as well as educational programs and interactive events in the halls and at memorial sites in Bykhov District.

Bykhov Castle, also known as the Hodkiewicz and Sapieha Castle, is a listed monument of 17th-century military architecture. At the height of its development, it was an impregnable fortress with richly appointed palace interiors. The Bykhov Synagogue was built in the 1640s and 1650s and had both religious and defensive significance. It is a listed monument in the Renaissance style and is one of the few surviving sacred buildings of the fortified type.

The Holy Trinity Church is a striking example of Belarusian wooden architecture. It has a cross-shaped layout on a brick foundation, with an octagonal bell tower rising above its entrance. The Holy Trinity Church in Bykhov is an active wooden church.

Water

Water Route No. 52 is 141 kilometers long, starts in Bykhov, and continues via Kisteni, the Pridneprovsky Sanatorium, Rogachev, and Zhlobin.

Surroundings

In the immediate vicinity of Bykhov is the Holy Ascension Convent at Barkolabovo, 12 kilometers from Bykhov, between an old branch of the Dnieper and the Lakhva River. The complex includes a cathedral church and historic churches from the 17th century.

In the vicinity of Bykhov, in the village of Grudinovka, lies the Grudinovka Palace and Park Ensemble, a 19th-century palace and park complex. Grudinovka Park has republican status as a natural monument and a monument of landscape and park art.

Other places: Mokradź, Krasnapolle, Babrujsk, Zhukovo, Staryna, Mogilev, Czyhirynka

To the higher-level travel overview: Mahilyow Voblast.