Orzeszkowa Street (near the Orzeszkowa House)

The Intellectual Face of 19th-Century Grodno

Formed in the late 18th century in the Gorodnitsa district.

📚 Eliza Orzeszkowa’s House

Here lived Eliza Orzeszkowa — renowned Polish writer and Nobel Prize nominee.

Her house contained:

• extensive libraries,
• literary salons,
• gatherings of writers and artists.

Today it houses the Eliza Orzeszkowa Literary Museum. 📷 Some 19th-century houses survive, creating an интеллигентная, slightly melancholic atmosphere.