Belarus - Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania

The Church-fortress in Muravanka was constructed in the first half of the 16th century, between 1516 and 1542. The temple is a four-column building with one apse covering the full width of the temple sized 15x13,5 meters, with the stages sized approximately two meters each. The facades of the Church are decorated with various ornamental elements. These are mainly numerous flat niches of various contours, scattered about the surface of the walls, on the pediment and the towers. The peculiar elements of the architecture of the building include semi-circular niches with a small crown and a circular window in the centre of the western wall. This element is typical for the monuments of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.