Kalozha Church

The Kalozha church of Sts. Boris and Gleb is the oldest extant structure in Grodno, Belarus. It is the handiest surviving monument of historical Black Ruthenian structure, prominent from different Orthodox church buildings by means of prolific use of polychrome faceted stones of blue, green or red tint which will be arranged to form crosses or other figures at the wall. The church become built earlier than 1183 and survived intact, depicted inside the 1840s with the aid of Micha? Kulesza, till 1853, whilst the south wall collapsed, due to its perilous region at the excessive financial institution of the Neman.

During healing works, a few fragments of twelfth-century frescoes had been located within the apses. Remains of four different church buildings within the identical style, adorned with pitchers and colored stones rather than frescoes, had been discovered in Hrodna and Vaukavysk. They all date back to the flip of the 13th century, as do stays of the first stone palace in the Old Grodno Castle. In 2004, the church became blanketed within the Tentative List of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.