Berestye Archeological Museum

The Berestye Archeological Museum, located in the city of , is a museum centered around an archaeological site displaying an authentic East Slavic wooden town dating back to the 13th century.
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  • Opening hours: 11:00 AM–7:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: archaeological museum in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Muzeum Archeologiczne w Brześciu”, “Археалягічны музэй «Бярэсьце»”, “Археологический музей «Берестье»”, and “Бярэсьце (музэй)”
  • Address: Крэпасны праезд 15

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mukhavets and Brest Castle.

River
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The is a river in western . A tributary of the , the rises in , Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Vyets canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with the Bug River in .

Archaeological site
evolved in the course of several centuries from the Slavonic fortified settlement Berestye that had appeared at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries at the confluence of the Mukhavets River into the Bug River, amid islands, formed by the rivers.

Church
Photo: Sviatlana Hrynko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 300 metres north of Berestye Archeological Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brest Fortress and Brest Fortress Citadel.

Suburb
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formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in , . In 1965, the title Hero Fortress was given to the fortress to commemorate the defence of the frontier stronghold during the first week of Operation Barbarossa, when Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a border town in the south-west corner of , near Terespol in . is a city closely linked to the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the ever-changing borders.

Berestye Archeological Museum

Latitude
52.08° or 52° 4′ 48″ north
Longitude
23.65462° or 23° 39′ 17″ east
Height
0.2 metres (0.66 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9G453MH3+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 61374218
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2499504
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Berestye Archeological Museum” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Археалагічны музей «Бярэсце»”
  • Belarusian: “Берасьце”
  • Belarusian: “Бярэсце”
  • Belarusian: “Бярэсьце”
  • Belarusian: “Музей «Бярэсце»”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی شوێنەواریی بێرستی”
  • Dutch: “Berestje”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف بيريستى الاثرى”
  • Finnish: “Muinainen Brest”
  • German: “Archäologisches Museum Brest”
  • Hungarian: “Régészeti Múzeum”
  • Italian: “Museo archeologico di Brest”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Archeologiczne Bereście”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Arqueológico de Berestye”
  • Russian: “Берестье”
  • Russian: “Музей «Берестье»”
  • Ukrainian: “Берестя (музей)”
  • Ukrainian: “Берестя”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Археалагічны музей «Бярэсце» and Замкавае ўмацаванне.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Берасце and Кулямётны ДОТ № 535.

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