Wyssokaje: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The state-protected Sapega-Potocki palace and park ensemble in Vysokaye comprises a stone palace and two single-storey, L-shaped side wings with porticoes on their end façades, forming a rectangular courtyard of honour. The Potocki palace and park ensemble is an architectural monument in the Neoclassical style dating from the first half of the 19th century. At the rear of the Potocki Palace there were a three-axis risalit and a terrace offering views of the surrounding area.

For Wyssokaje, you may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Vysokaye was built in 1868–1869 as a 19th-century architectural monument in the Russo-Revival style with elements of Old Russian architecture. Services were held continuously in this church.

The Sapega Castle in Vysokaye was built in the second half of the 17th century as a fortified citadel. The surviving remains include earthworks, water channels and the ruins of the central gate.

Park and Landscape

A redesign of the Potocki Park by Valerian Kronenberg, a specialist in park architecture, was planned for 1895; ponds and canals divide it into two areas.

The park of the palace and park ensemble in Vysokaye covers 20 hectares and was laid out as a landscape park with long-distance and close-up views along a walking path. Its surroundings include the floodplain of the Pulwa River with high banks, a forest and the castle ruins.

The Park of Culture and Recreation in Vysokaye is designated as a natural monument of local importance.

Geographical Location

Vysokaye is located approximately 3 km from Vysoko-Litovsk railway station on the Brest–Białystok line.

A tourist route in Kamenetchina is suitable for bicycle and car tourists.

For the higher-level travel overview: Brest Voblast.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Stolin, Pagost Zagarodski, Niachačava, Novyja Zasimavičy, Silichi, Bjarosa, Baranawitschy, Belaasjorsk.