Rezerwat Góra Uszeście

Rezerwat Góra Uszeście is a nature reserve in Gmina Mielnik, Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie. Rezerwat Góra Uszeście is situated nearby to the village Mielnik, as well as near the hamlet Zagórze.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mielnik and Orthodox chapel of the Pokrov in Mielnik.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mielnik

Church

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The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an Orthodox parish church located in Mielnik. It belongs to the Dekanat Siemiatycze of the Diecezja warszawsko-bielska of the Polish Orthodox Church.The first written records of the existence of an Orthodox church in Mielnik date back to 1260 and then to 1551.

Orthodox chapel of the Pokrov in Mielnik

Church

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Orthodox chapel of the Pokrov in Mielnik is a church.

Holy Trinity church in Mielnik

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mielnik and Zabuże.

Mielnik

Village

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Mielnik is a village in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Mielnik. There is an open pit chalk mine in Mielnik.

Zabuże

Village

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Zabuże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sarnaki, within Łosice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Five Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.