Kosava
Kosava or Kossovo is at town in Brest Oblast, Belarus, known mostly for the fine castle-palace and the museum at the birthplace of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, both in the former manor of Mereczowszczyzna at the outskirts of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,830 residents
- Description: city in Belarus
- Also known as: “Kosava, Belarus”, “Kosov”, “Kosov Polski”, “Kosovas”, “Kosow”, “Kosów Poleski”, “Kossov”, “Kossovo”, “Kossow”, “Kossów”, and “Kossuv”
- Address: Івацэвіцкі раён
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pusłowski palace and Tadeusz Kościuszko Museum.
Pusłowski palace
Photo: Оксана Кирсанова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kosava Castle is a ruined castellated palace in Gothic Revival style located in Kosava, Belarus. The estate was purchased in 1821 by Count Wojciech Puslowski.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myerachowshchyna and Bialavičy.
Myerachowshchyna
Locality
Photo: Оксана Кирсанова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Myerachowshchyna is a former manor near Kosava in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, in western Belarus. It is best known as the birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko. There is a Kościuszko museum in the reconstructed manor house of his birth.
Bialavičy
Hamlet
Photo: Andrej Kuźniečyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bialavičy is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Kosava.
Kvasevichi
Village
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Kvasevichi is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Kosava.
Kosava
- Categories: city of raion subordinance and locality
- Location: Brest Oblast, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.7575° or 52° 45′ 27″ northLongitude
25.1528° or 25° 9′ 10″ eastPopulation
1,830Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)Open location code
9G47Q553+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 242979022OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
626829Wikidata ID
Q956635
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Kosava” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոսավա”
- Belarusian: “Косава (горад)”
- Belarusian: “Косава”
- Belarusian: “Косаў”
- Bulgarian: “Косава”
- Bulgarian: “Косово”
- Cebuano: “Kosava”
- Chechen: “Косава”
- Chinese: “科索沃”
- Chinese: “科萨瓦”
- Czech: “Kosava”
- Dutch: “Kosava”
- Estonian: “Kosava”
- Finnish: “Kosava”
- French: “Kosava”
- French: “Kossava”
- Galician: “Kosava”
- German: “Kosava”
- German: “Kossawa”
- German: “Kossowo”
- Hebrew: “קוסוב־פולסקי”
- Hebrew: “קוסובה”
- Italian: “Kosava”
- Japanese: “コサヴァ”
- Korean: “코사바”
- Latvian: “Kosava”
- Lithuanian: “Kosava”
- Lithuanian: “Kosovas”
- Polish: “Kosów Poleski”
- Polish: “Kosów”
- Polish: “Kossów”
- Russian: “Косово”
- Russian: “Коссово”
- Serbian: “Косава”
- Silesian: “Kosawa”
- Slovenian: “Kosava”
- Spanish: “Kosava”
- Swedish: “Kosaü”
- Swedish: “Kosava”
- Swedish: “Kossovo”
- Tatar: “Косава”
- Turkish: “Kosava”
- Ukrainian: “Косово”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kosawa”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kossowo”
- Yiddish: “Kosov”
- Yiddish: “קאסעוו”
- Yiddish: “קאָסעוו”
- “Kosava”
- “Косава”
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