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Nesvizh Town Hall is a monument of architecture with features of late Baroque and Renaissance styles. It is the oldest town hall in Belarus. It was built at the end of XVI - early XVII century after receiving Magdeburg rights in 1586.
Town Hall consists of six floors and ends with a faceted dome. The clock, the bell and observation platform were on the tower. The levels of floors and premises of the Town Hall are not the same and connected with wooden stairs. From the entrance the staircase led to the second floor with a large hall, were Magistrate meetings were held. Mayor's office, treasury, city scales and "measuring barrels" were located at the Town Hall, here took place theater performances and Magistrate meetings.
During the Great Northern War the town hall was burning, it was rebuilt in 1752. The Great Fire of 1836 irreparably damaged the building, the second floor rooms suffered a lot. Tower decreased from six to four floors. Since the end of the XIX century and until 1939 there were Town Hall and Duma, police and town council. After World War II in the Town Hall was district House of Culture, and later House of Pioneers and the children's library.
From 1997 to 2004 restoration works were carried out. As a result building facades got their original appearance, the upper floors of the tower were restored, the tower was decorated with the town clock and the observation deck, the interiors of the second floor were reconstructed and turned into the museum exposition "Municipal government of Nesvizh in the XVIII - the first half of the XIX century", on the first floor there is a restaurant.
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Nesvizh Town Hall is a monument of architecture with features of late Baroque and Renaissance styles. It is the oldest town hall in Belarus. It was built at the end of XVI - early XVII century after receiving Magdeburg rights in 1586.
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