Lukashenko allocates funds for restoration of two 12th century churches

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus signed a decree approving the decision of the council of the Foundation of the President of Belarus for the Support of Culture and Art, allocating 369,834 rubles for financing cultural and historic monuments of Belarus, reports Krynitsa.info.

Specifically, the money will be directed towards restoration and major repairs for the 12th-century Sts. Boris and Gleb Church (the Kalozha Church) in Grodno, and the preservation of the 14th-century Princely Towers of the Kreva Castle in Kreva, Belarus. Funds will also be allocated to the Polotsk National Histoircal-Cultural Museum-Reserve for restoring the chipping 18th-19th-century paintings of the 12th century Transfiguration Church.

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