Tower of Kamyanyets

The Tower of Kamyenyets, also called the White Tower, is the main landmark of the town of in . The name Bielaja Vieža, which literally means White Tower or White Fortress in Belarusian, presumably derives from the tower's proximity to the Belavezhskaya Pushcha Forest, but not from its color, which has been brick-red through the ages, never white.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: brick-red tower in Kamianiec town
  • Also known as: “Tower of Kamianiec” and “Tower of Kamyenyets”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamyanyets and Mikalajeva.

Town
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Kamyenyets or Kamenets, also known as , is a town in Brest Region, . It serves as the administrative center of Kamyenyets District. The town is located in the northwestern corner of Brest Region on the , about 40 kilometres north from .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Tower of Kamyanyets.

Hamlet
Photo: Da voli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of Tower of Kamyanyets.

Tower of Kamyanyets

Latitude
52.40476° or 52° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.81946° or 23° 49′ 10″ east
Height
29 metres (96 feet)
Open location code
9G45CR39+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 55689231
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Wiki­data ID
Q1710170
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Tower of Kamyanyets” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կամենեցի աշտարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kamanets qülləsi”
  • Bashkir: “Каменец башняһы”
  • Belarusian: “Белая вежа”
  • Belarusian: “Камянецкая вежа”
  • Bulgarian: “Каменецка кула”
  • Croatian: “Kamjanečka kula”
  • Czech: “Kamjaněcká věž”
  • Estonian: “Kamienieci torn”
  • French: “tour de Kamianiets”
  • French: “tour de Kamieniets”
  • French: “Tour de Kamieniets”
  • German: “Turm von Kamenez”
  • German: “Weißer Turm”
  • Italian: “Torre di Kamenec”
  • Latvian: “Kamjaņecas tornis”
  • Macedonian: “Кула Каменец”
  • Polish: “Baszta Kamieniecka”
  • Russian: “Каменецкая башня”
  • Russian: “Каменецкая вежа”
  • Serbian: “Камјанечка кула”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Kamianiec”
  • Ukrainian: “Кам’янецька вежа”
  • Ukrainian: “Кам’янецький стовп”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kamenets District Central Library Named After V.M. Ignatovsky and Гімназія.

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