One day in Polotsk, Belarus

A day through Polotsk’s best-known sights that lie close together: Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, Lutheran church in Polack, Polozk Regionalmuseum, Cathedral of the Epiphany in Polack, Памятник букве «Ў» and Monument to Francysk Skaryna in Polack. 6 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Saint Sophia Cathedral in PolotskCathedral · On the map
  2. Lutheran church in PolackTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk · On the map
  3. Polozk RegionalmuseumMuseum · Next to Lutheran church in Polack · On the map
  4. Cathedral of the Epiphany in PolackTemple or shrine · 0.4 km on from Polozk Regionalmuseum · On the map
  5. Памятник букве «Ў»Monument · 0.2 km on from Cathedral of the Epiphany in Polack · On the map
  6. Monument to Francysk Skaryna in PolackMonument · 0.5 km on from Памятник букве «Ў» · On the map

6 stops, 1.7 km on foot along the streets: about 21 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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