Yastrembel Palace
The settlement of Yastrembel (Yastrebel) was known from 1507 as the possession of Pyotr Dorogostaisky, and from 1567 as the property of Andrey Podarewsky.
On May 3d 1851, under the bill of sale, the estate passes into the hands of Michael Kotlubai. Before 1939, the Kotlubai family were the owners of Yastrembel.
The last owner of the estate was Sigismund Kotlubai (1885-1949), a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, who died in Baranovichi prison in 1949.
The park ensemble was laid in the 19th century. The park area is 6 hectares. At present it is declared alocal natural monument.
The park complex centers on a 2-storeyed homestead of complex three-dimensional composition which stands inside the park. There also used to be 2 officines (each consisting of 12 rooms), a tomb-chapel (the foundations near a modern apartment block in the north-eastern end of the park have survived), utility structures, a distillery (now there is a manufacturing workshop).
Geographic coordinates: N 53° 01' 52,36" E 25° 57' 33,31"
Foto: Татьяны ГРИНКЕВИЧ, Владимира ЗУЕВА, Андрея ПОНОМАРЕВА
