Cyclists will be able to complete the "Miory Round"

February 9, Minsk / Andrey Asfura - BELTA /. The "Miory Round" cycling route, which runs through Belarus and Latvia, was developed within the framework of the Belarusian-Latvian project "Bella Dvina". This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the project's PR manager Marina Borisova. The route length exceeds 410 km. Its developers suggest cycling through the settlements of Miory, Leonpol, Verkhnedvinsk, Sarya, Rositsa, Grigorovshchina, Patarnieki, Piedruja, Dagda, Andrupene, Aglona, Kraslava, Daugavpils, Silene, Urbany, Slobodka, Maskovtsy, Braslav, Ikazn, and Miory. It will take 9 days to complete the route. During the route, tourists can see the Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary and the historical and ethnographic museum in Miory; the Lopatin palace (the Baroque palace, park ensemble, and wooden church of the 18th century have been preserved) and the Church of the Holy Trinity in Leonpol (Miory district); the obelisk in memory of the War of 1812, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (built in the mid-19th century of brick and restored after a fire) in Verkhnedvinsk. In Borovka (Verkhnedvinsk district), tourists can see the Church of St. Euphrosyne, built in 1907. In Latvia, they will find the Piedruja ecological trail in the Daugava Valley, the Indritsa Catholic Church, the Aglona Bread Museum (eastern Latvia), and on the way back - Lake Strusto, a spring in the Okmenitsa tract, Mount Mayak (one of the best observation points near the Braslav Lakes), and Lake Snudy. The "Bella Dvina" project covers the Western Dvina/Daugava region and is funded by the European Union. The program is aimed at supporting cross-border cooperation between the border regions of Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. The main goal of the project and the main task of the partners is to create a unified cross-border tourist space between Daugavpils, Polotsk, and Vitebsk, as well as to inform the public about the opportunities of this region. -0-