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 I've a few cards of Belarusian churches in my wall of favorites and this card could have been there if I'd seen it before. Beautiful church. 

Luzhki - is a village of Sharkaŭshchyna district, Vitebsk region of Belarus. The main attraction of the village Luzhki is St. Michael the Archangel Catholic church, which was built from 1744 to 1756.

 

 

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Originally, the church in the village of Luzhki was part of the monastery, which was founded here in 1741. After the uprising of 1830, this monastery, like many other Catholic monasteries in the territory of modern Belarus, was closed. And in 1843 the church in the village of Luzhki was transferred to the Orthodox Church, a little rebuilt and converted. After the First World War, when the village of Luzhki was part of Poland, the church again moved to Catholics. In 1949 the church in the village of Luzhki was closed by the Soviet authorities. Later, the building of the temple was refurbished and used as a warehouse for mineral fertilizers. In the late 1980s, the church was returned to the Catholic Church and restored. 

The church in the village of Luzhki is a very vivid embodiment of the architecture of the so-called "Vilna" baroque. This ancient and very unusual church stands out among other churches of Belarus in that its main facade gives the impression that it is bent inside. This effect is achieved due to the fact that the two high towers of the main facade are not in the same plane with it, but are rotated at an angle. - in: https://vedaj.by