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Alyaksandr I. Lakotka The National Pattern of Belarusian Architecture Minsk. 1999. 366 pages. In Belarusian. Hardcover Published by Uradzhai Publishing Company, Minsk, Belarus
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The monograph prepared in the K.Krapiva Institute of Study of Arts, Ethnography and Folklore of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, is devoted to the historical analysis of the Belarusian architecture during the millenium as part of the process of residing environment formation. The native streets under a coverlet which whispers old legends, paternal farmstead, court, square with shops, school on a hill, not far are visible the church cupolas and spire of Roman-Catholic church, castle's silhouette as a ghost figure -- here a cradle of eternal life. Village, township, town - here a space of our world. In travel on them the pages of this book conduct the reader. The publication is intended for ethnographers, researchers of arts, archaeologists.
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Publisher's Mailing Address: 11 Praspekt Masherava, Minsk, BY-220048, Republic of Belarus
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