Tuesday, 5 October 2021
BELARUS
A nice UNESCO cover from Belarus, depicting a minisheet and also some small definitive stamps celebrating the Nesvizh Complex. Nesvizh Castle was the home of the Radziwiłł family, who built and maintained the castle from the 16th century to 1939. The Radziwiłłs were patrons of sciences and arts and invited artists, craftsmen, and architects to the town of Nesvizh. These interactions helped transmit the trends from Southern and Western Europe to Central and Eastern Europe. The complex comprises the residential castle and the Corpus Christi mausoleum-church, along with their landscaped setting. In 2005, the castle, church, and surrounding environment were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.