St. Nicholas Monastery Complex (Mahilioŭ (Mogilev))

 Baroque (architecture), nunnery, listed building / architectural heritage, 17th century construction, Belarusian Orthodox Church

St. Nicholas Monastery Complex is a monument of Baroque architecture in Mahilioŭ, Belarus.
It is situated in the Dnieper river valley, in a fenced territory. It consists of a number of stone buildings: the St. Nicholas and St. Onuphry Churches, a dwelling house (a hospital), a belfry and a fence with an entrance gate.
The stone building of the St. Nicholas Church was erected on the place of a wooden church from 1669 to 1672. The church is a three-nave cross-dome basilica with an octahedral light tambour and a large bulbous cupola over the middle part of the church. The dominant architectural feature of the church was a two-tower main facade with a figured pediment decorated with a set of diversiform tiered bays.
At present the complex is an active monastery.