The Butrimovich Palace, built in 1794 on Pinsk's main street, deserves special attention. This is a transitional type of architecture, from Baroque to classicism, with the improvisation of canonical forms in individual fragments and details. What remains of the Baroque in the architecture of the palace is the construction of a plan with concave curved outlines of the corner parts, the oval shape of the main hall, and the traditional division of the facade into two tiers, contrasting in their decorative treatment. The interpretation of the order is extraordinary. Thus, the end facades are decorated with four Doric order columns grouped in pairs, with each pair shifted to the middle. As a result, the corner parts of the entablature do not rest on the columns, but protrude.
The palace is symmetrical. Its three buildings form the main courtyard, which is open towards the Pina. This combination of buildings led to a more complicated layout of the building in the corners and increased the plasticity of the main facade. The middle building is reserved for formal rooms, the side buildings are occupied by living rooms and offices. The central place is occupied by an oval hall, pushed forward and opened onto the terrace. This fragment of the facade in the form of a kind of bay window is most richly decorated. On the river side, the building is represented by a small front courtyard; the facade has a more intimate character. The interiors of the palace are generally Baroque in nature, but there are also elements of classical architecture. The building houses the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren
A beautiful historical well-maintained building and the area around it. There is a very cozy and beautiful pedestrian street nearby, with good establishments (coffee shops, cafes, pub). Beautiful Embankment!
Very cool, like the whole city. I highly recommend it to anyone who has not been to Pinsk. Pedestrian streets, the embankment, beautiful buildings, wonderful people.
One of the brightest preserved historical sites of the city, which could have become an architectural dominant and a real monument of Baroque palace architecture, if not for the monstrous so-called "restoration", which turned the 17th century palace into a fancy barn for celebrations. Chop off the hands of these "restorators" who disfigured the center of this wonderful city. Sadly.
In a separate wing there is a branch of the museum of the Belarusian Polesie, two small rooms. Tickets must be bought at the main museum - the Jesuit Collegium. Ticket price (2023) 3 bel.rub. adult, 1.5 bel.rub. for schoolchildren. A museum employee goes with you and opens the museum. The exposition is small, but the charisma of the guide is maximum 😀
There is a museum in the palace, which is open from 10:00 (Mon, Tue). All the doors were closed at 11:00 in the sun, it was not possible to get there, but we drove specifically for this.
The outside is well maintained, at least clean. Should I say that the landscape designers did their best?! of course not, just to plant something.
To place a registry office in the palace is not the worst idea, we met both a school and a hospital in the building of ancient estates... but it's all sad, of course. Another place could be found for the registry office, and the palace could be left as a palace!
As for me, this building does not look like a palace, somehow it looks very Soviet and not the size of a palace. If I had built such a PALACE, you would say - a PALACE!!! But the satraps of the past centuries usually built even larger estates. I'll assume that it was unsuccessfully restored and / or the historical layer ate 3+ meters high , but it looks modest, like a good rural recreation center or club
The building has surprisingly preserved its appearance after a long time. There is also a museum and a registry office inside. It is interesting to visit
An ordinary government office. But the palace itself and its architecture are, of course, at the highest level.
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Roman Ylianow
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May 3, 2023
The only building in the city where I take pictures of the most stereotypical weddings. A place for people who have no imagination and want to start feasting after the plague as soon as possible. Although it is "done neatly" inside, but behind this neatness there is a "tick". Firstly, I hope that I am smart enough never to get married, and secondly, if it still happens that I get married, then it is definitely not here to sign.
Now it is the city registry office.
From the street side, the building does not stand out from the rest in any way - it is worth going into the courtyard.
A beautiful place, perfectly located, the embankment is nearby. Everything is inside for a festive wedding. Furniture, accessories, design - everything is on the level.
The former Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren. After major repairs, it was given over to the " Wedding Palace " of the Registry Office of the Pinsk City Executive Committee. It is named in honor of the outstanding figure of the Pinschina Butrimovich.