Church of the Divine Providence is a Catholic church in Słobódka,

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, listed as a national Cultural Heritage object. The Church of the Divine Providence was built on the site of an older church, which was in turn constructed in 1806. The old church was replaced when it was no longer able to accommodate the parish. The new church was decorated in the

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style. It received two tall five-storey towers topped with a peaked

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. The church was closed from 1949 to 1953 and repurposed as a granary. The

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was damaged during

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and restored only in 1999.

Gallery

File:1Слабодка Касьцёл Сэрца Ісуса інтэр.JPG, The interior in 2009 File:Костёл Божьего Провидения. аг. Слободка, Браславский р-н, Витебская обл., Беларусь DJI 2970-HDR (51355594148).jpg, Aerial photo in 2021 File:Слабодка. Мастацкія завесы касцёла. Пачатак 19 ст (14).jpg, The historical hammer-work doors, crafted by a local master File:Słabodka, Božaha Providu. Слабодка, Божага Провіду (1941-44).jpg, Between 1941 and 1944

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