Description of the attraction
The former Benedictine monastery in the town of Nesvizh was built in 1593-1596. The project for the monastery was made by the famous Italian architect Jan Maria Bernardoni. The monastery was consecrated in 1597 by the Bishop of Samogit, Melchior Giedroyc.
The monastery was patronized and supervised by the wife of Prince Radziwill the Orphan - Elzbieta Euphemia. Together with the monastery, the Catholic Church of St. Euphemia, the patroness of the princess, was being built. The ashes of Elzbieta Euphemia and her two daughters Catherine and Christina were buried in the tombs of this church.
The monastery was built on an elevated place, from where all the approaches to the city of Nesvizh could be seen. He was part of the defensive structures in case of an enemy attack.
In 1866, the monastery was abolished by the tsarist authorities, in connection with the tightening of measures against the Catholic Church on the territory of the Kingdom of Poland, which became part of the Russian Empire after the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the transfer of Nesvizh to Polish jurisdiction in 1920, the monastery was reopened. It operated until 1945, when the fascist troops were expelled from the city. Soviet officials immediately closed the monastery and expelled the nuns.
Within the walls of the former Benedictine monastery, the Yakub Kolas Pedagogical School is located. The school has its own hostel. Basically, it is inhabited by girls.
There is a legend about the Black Nun, who was once tortured in a monastery by either the Gestapo or the NKVD, whose methods of work were the same. She still walks along the corridors and rattles with keys. Can push or pinch someone.
