Brest Fortress Citadel
Brest Fortress Citadel is a neighborhood in Brest Oblast, Belarus. Brest Fortress Citadel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Кобрынскае ўмацаванне, as well as near Валынскае ўмацаванне.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mukhavets and St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral.
Mukhavets
River
Photo: Lite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mukhavets is a river in western Belarus. A tributary of the Bug River, the Mukhavets rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Vyets canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with the Bug River in Brest.
St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral
Church
Photo: Sviatlana Hrynko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral is a church.
Berestye Archeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Чаховіч Уладзіслаў, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Berestye Archeological Museum, located in the city of Brest, Belarus, is a museum centered around an archaeological site displaying an authentic East Slavic wooden town dating back to the 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brest Fortress and Rečyca.
Brest Fortress
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brest Fortress, formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. 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.
Brest
Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brest is a border town in the south-west corner of Belarus, near Terespol in Poland. Brest is a city closely linked to the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the ever-changing borders.
Brest Fortress Citadel
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: citadel in Brest Fortress, Belarus
- Categories: citadel and locality
- Location: Brest Oblast, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.08316° or 52° 4′ 59″ northLongitude
23.65467° or 23° 39′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9G453MM3+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 659124504OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q63872677
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Brest Fortress Citadel” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Цытадэль Брэсцкай крэпасці”
- Belarusian: “Цытадэль”
- Russian: “Цитадель”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Кобрынскае ўмацаванне and Валынскае ўмацаванне.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Месцазнаходжанне Паўночнага сектара кальцавой казармы (455сп) and Месцазнаходжанне Паўночнай паўвежы барбакана.
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