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Biržai Stadium
Biržai (, known also by several #Names, alternative names) is a town in northern Lithuania. Biržai is famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle Manor house, manor, and the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries. Names The name of the town is of Lithuanian language, Lithuanian origin and is spelled in different forms in other languages: Birsen (German (language), German), Birże (Polish language, Polish), Birzhai (Биржай, Russian (language), Russian - pre-1917 Биржи), and בירז/Birz or Birzh (Yiddish (language), Yiddish) and simplified to Birzai in English. History The town's first written mention dates to 1455. The construction of Biržai Castle began in 1586, and the town was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1589. In 1575, as preparation for the castle's construction, a dam was built on the Agluona River, Agluona and Apaščia Rivers at their confluence, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. It is the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biržai Castle
Biržai Castle is a castle in Biržai, Lithuania. Construction of the earth bastion-type castle started in 1586 by the order of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł. In 1575, preparing for this construction, a dam was built on the Agluona and Apaščia rivers at their confluence, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. Major castle building works were finished in 1589. Since the second half of the 17th century, the castle has been the main seat of the Biržai-Dubingiai Radziwiłł family line, which was transferred here from the Dubingiai Castle. Biržai Castle served as a major defensive structure during the wars with Sweden. The castle was reconstructed from ruins in the 1980s, in the Renaissance- Baroque style. The residential manor of the castle houses a library and a regional history museum "Sėla" (literally '' Selonia''), founded in 1928. File:Biržai Castle.jpg, Plan of the castle. File:Smuglewicz Ruins of the Biržai Castle.jpg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
