Benedictine Monastery - Baroque monument. It was built in the XVI century (1590 - 1596) in the south-eastern outskirts of Nesvizh brick architect D. Bernardoni instead of wooden. Fundator it was Prince Radzivill and his wife Orphan Eufimiya. This was the first female Catholic monastery in Belarus.
The monastery was built on one of the high places of the city and in the XVII - XVIII centuries was part of a system of fortifications, guarding the approaches to Nesvizh by Kleck (right) and Slutsk (left). To date, the remains of the once powerful earth dams. It also housed the most significant in the defense system of the city Bastion. For shafts stretched moats. monastery lasted until 1877. Preserved tower-gate, residential building with a church, outbuildings. 2-story E-like in terms of different-sized building with side wings. Main entrance to the monastery is rectangular in plan three-tiered tower, completed shaped dome with a spire.
The building of the monastery is now situated Teachers College.
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