Stones Museum

Stones Museum is a park in Minsk Region, Belarus. Stones Museum is situated nearby to the park Мапа Беларусі, as well as near Петраграфічны збор.

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Type: Park
Description: park of boulders in Minsk, Belarus
Also known as: “Museum of boulders”, “Muziej valunoŭ”, “Park of boulders”, and “Геологический памятник природы республиканского значения «Парк камней»”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grandfather and Azyaryshcha.

Grandfather

Stone

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The Grandfather is a granite boulder in Minsk, Belarus that was revered as a sacred stone and was part of a Slavic pagan temple until its dissolution in 1888; however worship at the boulder continued until at least 1927 when the temple's guardian was suppressed. Grandfather is situated 130 metres southwest of Stones Museum.

Azyaryshcha

Railway station

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Azyaryshcha is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km east of Stones Museum.

Uručča

Metro station

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Uručča is a Minsk Metro station, a terminus of the Maskoŭskaja line. Opened on 7 November 2007 it is the first station outside the Minsk Automobile Ring Road, located in the Uručča microraion of Minsk's Metropolitan Borough of Pershamayski. Uručča is situated 1½ km north of Stones Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uručča and Aziaryšča.

Uručča

Suburb

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Uručča, is a microdistrict in the north-eastern part of Minsk. It was founded on the place of former Uručča village in the early 1980s. Uručča divided into six parts with corresponding numbers. The metro station of the same name was opened on November 7, 2007.