Fire Station, a photo from Hrodzyenskaya, West

Photographer's Note

View of the Fire Station in Grodno

The appearance of organized firefighters in the town Grodno dates back to 1897 when a watchtower was constructed on the site of one of the largest fire outbreaks to monitor the condition of the city. But as it was not high enough, it was agreed to make it of stone. And in 1902 a fire station with a tower appeared in Grodno, in Zamkovaya St. It was a l-type building with the fire station and tower 32 meters high, from which the entire town was seen. Certainly, there was always a man watching the area and who in case of fire rang the bell to inform about it.

The tower is a six-tier building that is approximately equal to a modern eight-storey house. Cut off sides give the feeling of almost circular cross-section. Different methods of designing can be seen in the structure’s appearance. These are profiled ledgement, window openings of different shapes and figured brick work that makes the building look unusual. The upper tier is a viewing platform. Naturally, it has a hipped roof and wrought-iron fences. It is accessible by means of a spiral staircase. Near the tower there is the four-gate station. The tower and station are connected by means of one-storey structure which has a fresco with images of rescuers dressed in uniforms of different centuries. You will be interested in the fact that the author of the last image depicted a woman who is very similar to the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

Fortunately, now there is no need for a watchtower there. Today it is a museum complex dedicated to the history of the fire service which is located in the fire complex. There is a figure of a fireman on the top of the tower; and at noon trumpeter in vintage dressing ascends the tower to play a tune called "Belarusian Fanfares", thereby, according to an ancient tradition, he tells the townspeople that the town Grodno is all right.

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pierrefonds, ikeharel, pajaran, Fis2, holmertz, snunney, ChrisJ, macjake, dale54, Cricri, jean113, PaulVDV, mcmtanyel, Lidka has marked this note useful

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pierrefonds (93555) 2017-09-12 18:50

Hi Piotr,

The subject is well framed. The point of view is showing the details of the fire station. The light is giving good colors output. Have a nice day.

Pierre

ikeharel (98802) 2017-09-12 20:02

Two interesting objects on this fire-station building, nowadays a museum, Piotr: the tower, which probably used to be a perfect view-point around the city, and the painted façade of, what I think are figures of firemen from older era.
Beautiful whole view from street level up.
My best regards,
Ike

pajaran (92142) 2017-09-12 22:00

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepom fotografijom u radionici, lepo pokazana arhitektura i detalji na fasadi, dobar kontrast i ostrina, lepe boje, lepo uhavcen trenutak sa oblacima.
Lepa arhitektura i slika na zidu.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
A nice look and a moment, interesting and good text ...
Good work with nice photo in the workshop, beautifully demonstrated architecture and details on the facade, good contrast and sharpness, nice colors, beautifully caught up with the clouds.
Beautiful architecture and paintings on the wall.
I wish you a beautiful and successful day, all the best.

jemaflor (125717) 2017-09-12 23:19

Hi Piotr,
Original architecture for a fire station, nice and high tower well presented with a perfect vertical format, well presented, good light, tfs.

emka (139176) 2017-09-12 23:24

cześc Piotrze,

Ciekawa wieża tej remizy strażackiej. Pewnie turystów na górę nie wpuszczają. Chociaż jeśli to teraz muzeum, to czemu nie? Fajne to półokrągłe malowidło. Na zdjęcie w workshopie lepiej widać górę wieży. Oba zdjęcia bardzo ładne.

Pozdrawiam Małgorzata

Nicou (188446) 2017-09-13 0:54

Hello

Une sacrée caserne de pompiers quelle com po et vue quel ancienne caserne très belle architecture avec cette tour la grande porte rouges quel tableau en demi lune en devanture sueprbe.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Fis2 (142643) 2017-09-13 1:30

Czesc Piotr!
Zaesze wieze mnie zastanawiaja od strony konstrukcji i technologii budowy.
Ta jest ciekawa bo z bialej cegly.
Ladnie pokazana na tle pochmurnego nieba.
Milego dnia.
Krzysztof

holmertz (83300) 2017-09-13 2:20

Hello Piotr,
What an amazing fire station. The thumbnail makes it look like a church or a mosque, so it is a nice surprise to open the photo. The painting increases the nice impression and the tower looks like Italian renaissance. It's an eclectic but interesting building and an attractive photo.
Kind regards,
Gert

snunney (130965) 2017-09-13 3:08

Hello Piotr,
The useful note nicely complements the composition. A nicely captured image with pleasant colours and good clarity. Excellent rendering of the textural detail in the tower.

ChrisJ (152396) 2017-09-13 3:41

Hi Piotr,

This is a very good upward pov on the fire station lookout tower, & it's good that you have shown 2 facades. Excellent mural in a semi circular watermelon slice shape. Tfs!

macjake (92629) 2017-09-13 3:51

Hi Piotr
what can I say? this is a beautiful street photo from Belarus, probably the best and most charming fire station i've ever seen haha. that is an amazingly well built watch tower, and i'd love to climb the spiral staircase inside and view the Museum. wonderful photo and a great piece of local history.
cheers
craig

dkmurphys (77034) 2017-09-13 5:32

Hello,
Fine capture of this old fire station with the observation tower. It's great that it's still standing. Well seen.

Daniel

abmdsudi (81564) 2017-09-13 6:14

Hi Piotr
Great viewpoint by concentrating on the tower and good comparison to the surrounding area which carries lots of strength in making this shot a success! it's the boldness of shapes really holds the strength
blended by some great colour with a bonus beautiful sky. Excellent capture
Best regards

Sergiom (115636) 2017-09-13 6:19

Bonjour Piotr,

On n'a plus les stations de pompiers que l'on avait.Elle est vraiment très belle avec cette tour très impressionnante qui paraît bien dans son nid de nuages.

Amicalement

Serge

Silvio1953 (191219) 2017-09-13 7:02

Ciao Piotr, great view of fantastic fire station, superb Grey sky, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

gervaso (27393) 2017-09-13 8:49

Hello, Piotr!

This tower looks really imposing from this well chosen low POV! The light is excellent, which gives beautiful colors to the scene and very good texture to the tower! The painting on the façade is also a beautiful detail! Wonderful job!

dale54 (16002) 2017-09-13 8:59

piotr good evening to you..very interesting note for your shot!nice capture,plus pleasing to look at too! tfs dale

Cricri (176) 2017-09-13 10:53

Hi Piotr
Une architecture très particulière de la station, la très haute tour, le cercle avec les personnages, intéressante et belle présentation
belle soirée
cricri

dta (95522) 2017-09-13 11:34

Hello Piotr ,
Stunning fire-stations : it looks like a church tower !
I like a lot the grey cloud in the Bg .
Regards

jean113 (16085) 2017-09-13 13:33

Hello Piotr, I have never seen a fire station quite like this, it must be unique.
A very good point of view that shows us two faces of the tower.
The mural looks really interesting, and I am sure that the museum is too.
Excellent note.
Regards Jean.

PaulVDV (49024) 2017-09-16 0:34

Hello Piotr,
On the thumbnail I thought this was a church. Surprisingly it's a fire station.
Never thought a fire station could be constructed so beautiful.
Wonderful view upwards of the very special watchtower.
Best regards, Paul

mcmtanyel (54551) 2017-09-18 20:40

Hello Piotr,
It looks historic with pleasant colors and textures.
Regards,
MT

jmdias (91937) 2017-10-03 15:54

piotr

interesting how the shapes of this tower are similar with the tower of Coimbra university in portugal. nice and curious mural shown here too.

hugs

jorge

Lidka (527) 2017-12-19 0:29

Dear Piotr!
Imponująca wieża, ciekawe malowidło na ścianie na dole. Mocny pion. Trzeba radykalnie zadrzeć głowę do góry. Ładne światło, bardzo ładna kolorystka. Uroku dodaje olbrzymie chmurzysko.
Well done!