Belarus
Vitebsk Oblast
Vitebsk Region

Braslaǔ

Braslau is a town in , . It has some nice old buildings to see, but primarily, from the touristic point of view, it's the gateway to Braslau Lakes national park.
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  • Type: Town with 9,830 residents
  • Description: city in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Braslau”, “Braslaŭ”, “Brasłaŭ”, “Braslav”, “Braslava”, “Braslaw”, “Brasław”, “Braslawl-Zawelski”, “Brastaw”, “Breslauja”, “Breslav”, and “Breslev”
  • Address: Браслаўскі раён, 211970
  • Postal code: 211970

Places of Interest

Highlights include Catholic church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and Sviatca.

Church
Photo: Zedlik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk. The church was constructed in 1824 and rebuilt in 1897. It is an object of Belarusian architectural heritage.

Lake
Photo: Svetlana Besp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lake.

Church
Photo: Zedlik, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muražy.

Hamlet
Photo: Da voli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Braslaǔ.

Braslaǔ

Latitude
55.6395° or 55° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
27.0316° or 27° 1′ 54″ east
Population
9,830
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
Open location code
9G79J2QJ+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 119357582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
629640
Wiki­data ID
Q628623
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Yiddish—“Braslaǔ” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Браслаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Браслав”
  • Cebuano: “Braslaŭ”
  • Chechen: “Браслав”
  • Chinese: “布拉斯拉夫”
  • Czech: “Braslaŭ”
  • Czech: “Braslav”
  • Dutch: “Braslaŭ”
  • Esperanto: “Braslaŭ”
  • Estonian: “Brasłaŭ”
  • Finnish: “Braslau”
  • French: “Braslaŭ”
  • French: “Braslaw”
  • Galician: “Braslaŭ”
  • German: “Braslau”
  • German: “Braslaŭ”
  • German: “Braslaw”
  • Hebrew: “ברסלב”
  • Hebrew: “בְּרֶסְלֶב”
  • Hungarian: “Braszlav”
  • Irish: “Braslaŭ”
  • Italian: “Braslaŭ”
  • Italian: “Braslaw”
  • Japanese: “ブラスラウ”
  • Korean: “브라슬라우”
  • Latin: “Braslavia”
  • Latvian: “Braslava”
  • Lithuanian: “Breslauja”
  • Northern Frisian: “Braslau”
  • Ossetian: “Браслав”
  • Persian: “براسلاو”
  • Polish: “Brasław”
  • Romanian: “Braslaŭ”
  • Romanian: “Braslav”
  • Russian: “Браслав”
  • Russian: “Браславль”
  • Russian: “Братислав”
  • Russian: “Бреслав”
  • Serbian: “Браслав”
  • Silesian: “Braslau”
  • Slovenian: “Braslav”
  • Spanish: “Braslau”
  • Spanish: “Braslaŭ”
  • Swedish: “Braslaŭ”
  • Tatar: “Браслав”
  • Tatar: “Браслау”
  • Ukrainian: “Браслав”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Braslaŭ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Braslaw”
  • Yiddish: “Breslev”
  • Yiddish: “בראַסלעוו”
  • Yiddish: “ברעסלעוו”
  • “Braslaŭ”

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