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Višnieva
Sign in to saveVishnyeva (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in the Valozhyn District of Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.
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- Vishnyeva
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- Church of Saint Mary in Vishneva, Belarus.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Catholic Church of Saint Mary
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- Minsk
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- District
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- Valozhyn
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- Belarus
- Settlement.timezone
- MSK
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- +3
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Vishnyeva (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in the Valozhyn District of Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.
==History== thumb|left|Wiszniew in interwar Poland The town was probably established in the 14th century. It was a private town, owned by the Giedygołdowicz, Steczko and Chreptowicz noble families. The first Catholic church of Saint Mary was built in 1424 by castellan of Wilno Siemon Giedygołdowicz, and then rebuilt in Baroque style in 1637 by voivode of Nowogródek Jerzy Chreptowicz. Joachim Chreptowicz founded a sub-departmental high school subordinate to the Wilno University. Around 1790, an iron blast furnace was built.