Strochytsa
Stročytsa / Stročitsa Строчыца / Строчица | |
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The Church of Protection of Holy Virgin in the State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life | |
Stročytsa / Stročitsa Строчыца / Строчица Location of Strochytsa in Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′10.89″N 27°21′54.12″E / 53.8196917°N 27.3650333°E | |
| Country Voblast Raion | Belarus Minsk Region Minsk District |
| Founded | ? |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 223021 |
| License plate | 5 |
Strochytsa (Belarusian: Строчыца[1], Strochytsa - Russian: Строчица[2]), is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located by the river Ptsich and the Vowkavichy Reservoir (a.k.a. Ptsich Reservoir) on it.
In the 19th century it was called Strochytsy, Polish: Stroczyce.[3]
Vicinity
Northeast across Ptsich, between Strochytsa and Azyartso there is the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life,[4][5] an open-air museum containing the original wooden Belarusian farmsteads, churches and household buildings.
References
- ^ (in Belarusian)-(in Russian) "Строчыца" search on Minsk Raion website
- ^ (in Russian) "Сторчицы" search on Minsk Raion website
- ^ "Stroczyce". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 11. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1890. p. 402.
- ^ Museum's official website
- ^ Coordinates of the museum: 53°49′46.89″N 27°22′25.51″E / 53.8296917°N 27.3737528°E
External links
Media related to Strochytsa at Wikimedia Commons