Grodno 볼거리

The old Fire Tower built at the end of 19th century. Every day at midday a trumpeter dressed in historic costume goes 120 stairs up and plays a tune on the top of the tower. Interestingly, a fresco on the tower has a lady with the face of Mona Lisa.

Hrodna Zoo is situated next to the railway station. It was the first Belarusian Zoo opened in 1927. There are over 300 kinds of animals in the Zoo nowadays: predators, small predators, hooted animals, birds and a terrarium. Total area is 5.35 ha.

The present appearance of this royal residence was mostly shaped in 16th century, when it was renovated in Renaissance fashion for King Stephen Bathory. Only a few elements of the previous Gothic castle survive.

A 12th-century Orthodox church, one of the few surviving monuments of the Old Rus period in the country.

A fine Baroque basilica, once a church of a Jesuit monastery, now the city's Roman Catholic cathedral.