Hrodna bids for museum-city status

Hrodna seeks to receive a museum-city status, according to the initiative endorsed by lawmakers from Hrodna in the Belarusian parliament, reports BELTAT. The historic center of the city occupies the floor square of over 200 hectars. It hosts 33 objects on Belarus' history and culture heritage list. There are 843 ancient buildings from 11th to 19th centuries in downtown Hrodna.