The notebook of Vitebsk
Take the pulse without following the crowd.
A native town of Chagall, Vitebsk combines avant-garde art, reconstructed churches and banks of the Dvina.
At your own pace
Identity summary
2 to 4 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
City · River · Heritage
Good accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Vitebsk
A native town of Chagall, Vitebsk combines avant-garde art, reconstructed churches and banks of the Dvina.
To understand what Vitebsk is, you must look at Marc Chagall's House, Marc Chagall's Art Center and the Museum of the Popular Art School. These places give us a view of a territory marked by urban life, riverscapes and heritage and allow us to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 2 to 4 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: travel currently formally not recommended by France Diplomacy and formalities, access and conditions of visit to check before any project. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. The main sites are generally easy to access.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- House of Marc Chagall
- Marc Chagall Art Centre
- l'École populaire d'art Museum
Before you choose
- Travel currently not formally recommended by France Diplomatie
- Formalities, access and conditions of visit to be checked before any project
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Place indismissible
Maison de Marc Chagall
The small brick house built by Chagall's father retains family objects and views of the neighborhood that the painter then transformed into floating villages and romantic characters.
Culture and heritage
Centre d'art Marc Chagall
The centre, housed in a 19th-century house, features lithographs, wood engravings and biblical illustrations; it reveals Chagall's graphic mastery beyond his colourful canvases.
Museum
Musée de l'École populaire d'art
In this school founded by Chagall worked Malevich and the UNOVIS group; the place recalls that Vitebsk was briefly a major laboratory of revolutionary avant-garde.
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