minds of european architecture, the city was built according to the plan of the german architect hedemanreover, this is the original layout of the sixteenth century, it has been preserved. until now, what is its peculiarity, the central square and from it in three directions the streets diverge, and each of which will lead you directly to the pier, directly spanish rambla. and this is true, a few hundred kilometers from minsk, the crowds of tourists characteristic of the spanish shores are not yet observed, but they are expected here. it can be said for sure that the street signs in the desna are tourist-oriented. what does it mean, look at the sign on the modern name of the street in russian, yubileinaya street a in english, yubileinaya street and the old name, zamkovaya street, you will find several such toponyms or names in the desna at once behind me is the castle island, it is called so because it has in the 16th century there was a defensive fortress that protected polotsk from moscow troops. unfortunately, only defensive ramparts have survived to this day and some reminders of pas