For sale the former building of a water mill (in the style of half-timbered) in the town of Sopotskino surrounded by a forest and a cascade of lakes. The area of the site is almost 45 acres, it is possible to connect to electricity. The building area is 331 sq.m., the building volume is 1550 m3, the building area is 218 m2, physical wear is 70%. The former building of the water mill dates back to the XIX century (more accurate information has not been preserved). Wall material: brick, buttercrete.
At the mill, a stream flows, which flows into the Augustow Canal, and starts at the lower lake, the lower lake is connected through a stream with the upper lake, which is located near the Kostel. The Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary of the late XVIII century, is the main highlight of architecture.
Sopotskin is the gateway to the famous August Canal. At the beginning of the XIX century, this man-made waterway connected the Neman with the Vistula. Today such can be seen only in Holland, England or Sweden. The canal once predetermined the development of the town. At the peak of construction, about ten thousand people worked here. In the district there were breweries, potteries, windmills and so on.
The railways reduced the transport value of the canal. But the interest of tourists has increased. Between the First and Second World Wars, a large festival was held at the Dombrovka lock - "Sea Festival". European rich people arranged bicycle rides and kayaking here. From Grodno to Augustov and back there were two wheeled steamers. In 2005, after the restoration, the canal gained its original appearance, and thousands of tourists again go to the protected areas.
The whole district of Sopotskin is a huge open-air museum. What are only the forts of the Grodno fortress? In its scale and richness of history, it is not inferior to Brest. Peter I began to strengthen the citadel on a large scale during the Northern War. Apparently, the power of the forts of the fortress so impressed Charles XII that he did not dare to storm.
Not far from the town there is a palace and park complex "Svyatsk". This is the residence of the nobility of the Volovich family, built in 1799 by the Italian architect Giuseppe Sacco in the image and likeness of Versailles. The highlight of the estate is a system of ponds located at different levels. The palace and the surrounding area were the scenery for the famous Russian military action film "Assassination".
From generation to generation passed in Sopotskin secrets of painting Easter eggs. Local waxing (patterns are applied with wax) has long been recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of Belarus. Faberge masterpieces are made of precious metals and stones, and Sopotskin’s are ordinary Easter eggs, but with unique patterns based on the black color of the mother earth. In the cultural and tourist center even opened a museum pysanka. There are more than five hundred chicken, goose, duck Easter symbols.
The place received an unusual name by the name of the nobleman, to whom the Polish king in the XVI century gave these lands. The estate of Nikolai Sopotko locally dubbed Sopotsky yard. The only thing that survived from that time is the Jewish cemetery, the oldest in Belarus. Tourists from all over the world go to see the graves of the XIII century. On almost a hundred gravestones can be read inscriptions.
