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Vitebsk city
14 hours
Vitebsk city. Marc Chagall Museum (290 km from Minsk). Vitebsk is known today as the cultural capital of Belarus. Founded in 974 on high banks of the Western Dvina, the city was badly damaged during World War II. Nevertheless, the city has a number of historic places of interest. The birth place of Marc Chagall, an outstanding artist of the early 20th cent, Vitebsk is the site of Chagall Plain air Festival of Arts. The annual Slavyansky Bazar (Slavic Bazaar) Music and Arts Festival held in July is the most popular cultural event in this country.
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