Easy hikes and walks around Łosice

A remnant of the palace and park complex of Princess Anna Jabłonowska. The sphinxes were created around 1777 after the princess's visit to Giza.

it's worth climbing the mountain next to it, there's a beautiful view

The highest viewpoint in the area over Mielnik and the Bug River valley. A footbridge leading to the tower on the right side allows for bringing a bicycle.

in fact it looks like some old grave

At the foot of Góra Zamkowa are the ruins of the castle church, founded in 1420 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas. The church was built next to the castle and served a defensive function. It is an oriented building, built in the late Gothic style, made of brick with the use of field stones. In the second half of the 16th century, the castle church was thoroughly rebuilt and re-consecrated in 1618. In 1657, the temple, together with the entire archive, burned down. After the wars, in 1669, its reconstruction began. It is likely that during the new consecration, the church's name was changed to the Holy Trinity. In 1851, the castle church was abandoned. After the January Uprising in 1866, it was closed for five years, and in 1871 it was transformed into an Orthodox church of the Holy Spirit. In 1915, the church burned down. Although it was returned to the Catholic parish as part of the restitution campaign in the interwar period, it was never rebuilt. In the interwar period, a chapel of St. Anthony was set up in the sacristy, which was destroyed in 1941. During this period, the walls of the church were also partially demolished. Currently, the ruins of the church are one of the most interesting tourist attractions in Mielnik. Near the ruins of the castle church, there is also a building of the former Catholic rectory. Like the church, the rectory is a brick building, plastered and erected on a fieldstone foundation. The fate of the building from around the second half of the 18th century is closely linked to the fate of the castle church. When the church was regained by the Catholic parish in the 20th century, the rectory became a place of residence for priests. Since the 1950s, it has served as a residential building for priests and as a catechetical house. The building has been unused since the 1970s.

The earliest trace of the Orthodox religion in Mielnik dates back to the 13th century. At that time, there was an Orthodox church in which the King of Rus Daniel Romanovich was supposed to have prayed in 1260 before the miraculous icon of Christ the Savior (Spas Izbavnik). Today's church was built in the years 1821-1823 on the site of a former wooden temple, oriented, classicist with a western span in the Ruthenian-Byzantine style. The church is built of field stone and brick, plastered, and roofed with sheet metal. In the second half of the 19th century, the church was probably expanded. As a result of reconstruction at the beginning of the 20th century, it was transformed into a historicizing Byzantine (neo-Byzantine) style.

The oldest history of the Orthodox parishes of Mielnik indicates that they were closely connected with the history of the city. The first brick temple was built in the Ruthenian stronghold in the 13th century. The tradition of the 13th century temple was referred to by the wooden church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1431 on Drohicka Street on the castle grounds, and then by the subsequent churches built on the Ruthenian hill in 1614, and the current one, built in the years 1821-1823. The church of the Resurrection of Christ, located on Brzeska Street at the beginning of the 16th century, was of great importance to the residents of the city. Rebuilt after a fire in 1648, it survived until 1878. In the parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in 1777, a cemetery chapel of the Protection of the Mother of God was built, in which there was a revered icon of the Mother of God Oranta.

In the years 1907-1910 a vestibule (women's gallery) with a tower and a porch were added. During World War I, the Germans set up a military hospital in the church. Their presence is evidenced by the large number of German graves in the Orthodox cemetery. During World War II, in 1940, the Soviets set up observation points in the church and the cemetery chapel. In June 1941, German shells damaged the belfry and roof of the church. After the front passed, the church remained closed for another two years. The renovation of the church was completed on August 1, 1943. In the years 1994-1995, plasters and polychrome in the altar were made. The author was Alexander Sokolov from Moscow. The vault of the church is covered with frescoes by Yaroslav Vishenko. The church impresses with its beautiful interior. It has baroque icons from the 18th century: the Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mielnik and the Icon of the Holy Mother of God of Oranta. You can also see icons from Pochayiv, brought there in the interwar period. The church bells are from 1922.