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Beautiful old Orthodox church next to the entrance gate to the Palace Park.

The Białowieża-Towarowa station building, built to serve the Tsar's residence, is one of the few very well-preserved buildings of this type in the Podlaskie province. The fact that it was built on the grounds of the private residence of the Russian Tsars determined that it was given an exceptionally representative character. After an exemplary renovation, the station was awarded the title of the General Conservator of Monuments in the 2004 edition of the competition called Zabytek Zaddani. The building has artistic values referring to the richly decorated Russian railway construction of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The carpentry decorations of the gables and window frames refer to the residential construction of Russia and the so-called Swiss villas (Swiss style) popular in European health resorts at that time.

Immediately after its construction, in the 19th century, the church was widely considered (by the press of the time) to be the most beautiful in the entire Grodno Governorate. Its historical values are associated with the patrons and founders of the church - the royal family. The building was funded and built under the personal supervision of Tsar Alexander III, it was visited by the most distinguished state dignitaries and clergy, and was and is the place of important religious and secular ceremonies.

A very interesting, beautiful, wooden covered bridge over the Narewka River, leading to the famous Palace Park, with beautiful views of the river.

Photographers and architecture experts are delighted with this manor. In the 19th century, it was the building of the Grodno Governor and was used for administrative purposes. One of the guests here was even Tsar Alexander II. Its history was turbulent! Later, there was even a casino here, and then a kindergarten!

St. Nicholas Church in Białowieża. According to local accounts, a small church existed in Białowieża as early as the 17th century, but it was burned down along with the village during the plague of 1710. These accounts locate the church on the Brov Road. The only surviving relic of it is said to be a bell from 1661, located in the cemetery chapel. Unfortunately, there is no confirmation of this information in known written sources. Initially, the Białowieża residents were assigned to the parish church in Shereshevo, which received funds and privileges from Ivan Abramovich as early as 1517. After the construction of the church in Suchopol in 1680 and the establishment of the Suchopol parish, they transferred to it. In 1704, the Białowieża manor received the right to collate and present the Suchopol priests from King Augustus II. Białowieża's affiliation with the Suchopol parish is confirmed by visitations from 1748, 1757, and 1769. In 1757, it had 733 faithful, including 83 from Białowieża. In 1769, the parish had 251 families – 23 from Białowieża (56 people were recorded as having gone to confession). Around 1782, the church in Suchopol burned down. Because the chapel built in its place could not accommodate all the parishioners, construction of a new church began. Construction work lasted seven years. In 1799, Białowieża, with 30 families, was still part of the Suchopol parish, although it had already had its own church for several years. The Białowieżaites may have been assigned to the Suchopol parish as late as 1800, but the 1801 visit does not mention them. The Orthodox church in Białowieża was built in 1793. The church's foundation deed was issued on May 2, 1797, by the Chief Treasurer, Major Jan Szczepanowski. bialowieza.travel/see-it-necessarily/sacred-objects/attraction/171

The Palace Park was established after 1895 as an integral part of the private hunting residence of the Russian tsars, built in the years 1889-1894. The name of the park "Palace" refers to the most important building, this residence, which was the tsar's palace (it burned down in 1944 and was finally demolished in 1962). The palace was accompanied by a complex of other buildings. Some of them were intended for the needs of the court and the tsar's service: the Orthodox church, the Drivers' House, the Bath House, the Management House, the stable house, the Świcki House, the Marshal's House, the Jegierski House. The remaining buildings were of an economic and industrial nature: the Cossack stable, the arsenal, the mill, the power plant, the barn, the garages. This hunting residence was surrounded by a park of over 50 hectares. The park was designed by Walerian Kronenberg (1859-1934), one of the most outstanding and fashionable designers of garden and park layouts from the turn of the century. He also designed over 300 larger and smaller parks in Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Crimea. In Warsaw alone, Kronenberg designed, among others, the Horse Racing Grounds and Agricola. bpn.com.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32

The Palace Park located in Białowieża was established at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries around the hunting residence of the Russian tsars, built in the years 1889–1894. Its area is approx. 50 ha. The main building of this residence was the palace, which burned down in 1944. Only the so-called kitchen gate survived. The buildings that once accompanied the tsar's palace have also survived: the Management House, the Marshal's House, the Jegierski House, the Drivers' House, the Bath House. In the place where the palace once stood, today there is the Directorate, the Nature and Forest Museum and the BPN Guest Rooms. The park was designed in the English style, also called landscape style, by the famous planner - Walerian Kronenberg. Its characteristic feature is the free compositional assumptions, with the plant thread coming to the forefront. Against the background of compact trees, single trees and their small groups growing in the clearings look picturesque. Of the approximately 200 species of trees and shrubs planted here, nearly 90 have survived to this day. bpn.com.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=650&Itemid=280