City Scales in Minsk, Belarus

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Location of "City Scales"


Walking in the Upper Town of Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, you are sure to see an amusing “City Scales” sculpture. Situated in Liberty Square, in other words Svobody Square, this piece of art has been a tourist attraction only since 2014.
City Scales in Minsk

Composition of "City Scales"


“City Scales” is a sculptural composition which shows us the way of weighing goods near Minsk Town Hall of the 16th century. If there occurred weigh misunderstandings, any dweller could ask for a fair measurement at the Town Hall City Scales. Nowadays the “City Scales” sculpture depicts two dwellers and a Town Hall representative. The figures appear really realistic. Looking at the crooked bag of one of the man you can imagine how heavy the bags are. Tiny details of the outfit add much to the image of the old Minsk city life. 

City Scales in the Upper Town of Minsk
You can also see plaques with important notes which few travelers can recollect after a few seconds after reading them. Anyway, “City Scales” play cultural, historical and esthetical roles. Absolutely worth seeing. 

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  1. Unknown16 March 2021 at 01:39

    One of the plaques reads something like: "The city of Minsk, having received self-government in 1499 in accordance with Magdeburg Rights, began to develop rapidly as a center of handicrafts and trade, introduced the standards of the European metric system, and received permission to install city scales, as well as for tax collection."

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