Wednesday, June 22, 2011

BELARUS


From the back of the card:  This shows the Princes Svyatopolk Mirskies Family Vault.  The vault was erected in 1904 by the last titled owners of the castle, dukes Svyatopolk-Mirskies, upon the Modernist design of Academician Robert Marfeld, an architect from Petersburg.  The church stands out of the landscape and is easily the focus of attention owing to its extravagant shape and asymmetric design.  The chamber serves as a peculiar artistic and logical transit from the emphatically monumental architecture of the castle to the intimacy of the landscape park approaching the medieval walls.

Thanks LuckyDemon for the card (BY-188820).