On March 26th the library hosts a presentation of the book Belarus of Castles published by Belovagrupp.
The edition performed in the format of a picture album is the first large-scale project of Belarusian book publishing of the XXI century dedicated to architectural monuments. The work on the book has united leading historians and photographers of the country with the purpose of creation of a topical chronicle of castle culture of Belarus.
The edition includes original author's photos, cartographical, archival and museum data from Belarusian and foreign sources, historical drawings and engravings. The picture album is performed at a high artistic level with broadside panoramas of the Niesvizh, Mir, Grodno and Krevo castles, texts are in Russian and English languages.
Within the bounds of the presentation, the National Library of Belarus arranges a book exhibition of scientific, popular scientific, literary and art editions about the castle heritage of Belarus.
The presentation takes place at 4 p.m., in the gallery “Labyrinth” (on the 3rd floor).
Call for more info: (375 17) 293 27 56, 293 29 80.
Е-mail: pr@nlb.by
