425th anniversary of Nesvizh Castle

On December 8, 2008 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue a souvenir sheet “425th anniversary of Nesvizh Castle” prepared by the Publishing Centre “Marka” of the EUR “Belpochta”.

Designer: Svetlana Rzheutskaya. Printing: offset. Colour: full colour. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforation: comb 13½: 13¾. Souvenir sheet composition: 1 stamp and 1 coupon. Size of the stamp in the souvenir sheet: 37x26 mm. Size of the souvenir sheet: 70x77 mm. Print quantity: 15.000.

There are elements of protection on the stamps.

Historical reference. The castle of Nesvizh was founded by prince N. K.  Radziwill the Orphan in 1583. It was constructed to a design by the Italian architect G. Bernardoni. The buildings of the castle were situated on the quadrangle square. They were surrounded by a high earthen rampart with bastions and an artificial moat filled with water. Therewasa wide roadandartificial reservoirsonthe river Usha.

Formanytimes the castlewasdestroyed and reconstructed. In 1706 during the NorthWarthe castlewasravaged by Sweden troops. It was reconstructed and rebuilt in baroque after 1726 by the architect K. Zhdanovitch. Since 1945 there was a sanatorium. In 2000 they began the reconstruction of the castle during which the fire began on December 24, 2002.

In 2005 Nesvizh Castle was included into the UNESCO World Heritage List.

No. 763

425th anniversary of Nesvizh Castle

 

 

 

 

Special cancellation: a special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamps issuing day.

Colour of the postmark — black.
Special postmark and FDC
designed by Svetlana Rzheutskaya.