the palace in svyatsk was founded at the end of the 16th century by order of the grodno marshal jozefign of an italian architect, whose name is associated with the new castle in grodno and the palace in shchorsy. architect giuseppe saco built a luxurious palace, but it never became a family nest, the reason for this was a family tragedy, volovich’s daughter fell in love with a simple groom. the father could not stand this and brutally dealt with the lovers. in addition to the beautiful history, the palace has something that i really like, the legend of a ghost, a girl in blue. robes, according to legend, this the girl is the count's daughter, whom he cruelly walled up in this pichi, since then she appears at night and scares the local residents. it is unclear whether the girl in blue frightened the relatives remaining in the palace, but something else is known: at the end of the 19th century, volovich lost the house in billiards to the landowner gursky, and later the estate was transferred to the state. and the soviet government knew very well how to handle palaces. first settled here