Winter Garden in Brest
Striking stained glass windows in Brest’s Winter Garden. A tropical plant conservatory including fish and a few parrots.
I was unable to liberate anyone interesting (or even uninteresting) for propagation due to intercepts by staff and the general public. However, I did manage to free a Peperomia from the third-floor stairwell at the hotel. I had my eye on him.
Maureen was accosted by a mini dragon in the Winter Garden and forced to think fast.
Polish Architecture
Brest was a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth until the final division of Poland in 1795 when the eastern and central parts became part of the Russian empire. When Poland gained independence in 1917, it became Polish again until 1939 when it was divided between the Soviet Union and Germany, and then it was occupied by the Soviet Union or Russia again. No wonder Poland doesn’t like Russia. So, Polish culture abounds here. Located beside the Winter Garden is a brown brick example of Polish architecture. It was a high school. The plaque on the side of the building reads:
“This high school was used as a hospital from September 1944 to March 1945 for wounded soldiers and officers of the Soviet army.”
Bank of Poland in Brest, Belarus
In the years between the two world wars, the city of Brest was an important center for local government. The Bank of Poland was built in 1925. Today it houses the headquarters of the National Bank of Belarus.
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