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Castles In Belarus ...
This is a list of castles in Belarus. B * Belaya Vezha, a common misnomer for the Tower of Kamyenyets * Babruysk fortress * Brest Fortress, also known as Brest-Litovsk fortress H * Hajciunishki *Halshany Castle * Hieraniony Castle * Hrodna Old Castle * Hrodna New Castle K *Tower of Kamyanyets * Kletsk Castle * Kobryn castles *Kopys * Kosava castle *Kreva Castle L * Liahavichy *Lida Castle * Lubcha Castle M *Mir Castle Complex *Muravanka Church N *Navahrudak Castle * Niasvizh Castle P * Pischalauski R *Ruzhany Palace S * Smalyany Castle * Slutsk Castle * Shklow Castle * Synkavichy Church * Svislach Castle Z *Zaslawye {{Castles in Belarus Castles Belarus Belarus Castles A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a ''pleasance'' which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th-20th century homes built to resemble castles. Over the approximately 900 years when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lida Castle
Lida Castle ( be, Лідскі замак, lt, Lydos pilis, pl, Zamek w Lidzie) is a historic, medieval castle in Lida, Grodno Region, western Belarus. History It was one of several citadels erected by Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania in the early 14th century to defend his lands against the expansion of the Teutonic Knights. Other links in this chain of defense included Hrodna, Navahrudak, Kreva, Medininkai, and Trakai. The modern town of Lida, Belarus grew up around this castle. Lida Castle is above sea level. The site selected for the castle is naturally defended by the Kamenka and Lida rivers to east and west. Construction of boulder walls was carried out in 1323, 1324, and 1325. Later they were faced with red brick. The castle had two angle towers and a church, which was moved outside the walls in 1533. The upper storeys of both towers were lived in. Despite its strong fortifications, Lida was taken by the Teutonic Knights on several occasions (1384, 1392). Lithuani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaslawye
Zaslawye or Zaslaŭje ( be, Засла́ўе, ; russian: Засла́вль; pl, Zasław; lt, Zaslavlis) is a historical town in the Minsk Region of Belarus, 20 kilometres northwest of Minsk. In 2009 its population was 14,400. History According to chronicles, Zaslawye was founded in 985 by Vladimir the Great. He sent his wife Rogneda to live in Zaslawye with their son Izyaslav of Polotsk, the founder of the princely house of Polatsk. The town is mentioned in historical writings as Izyaslavl, which led to the current name, Zaslawye. In the beginning of Middle Ages, the town was a centre of the Principality of Izyaslavl. In the 11th century, the town was heavily fortified. Much of the town's territory has been designated for archaeological preservation now. In the modern days, the town built its outdoor statue of Rogneda and Izyaslav. During the period of Reformation, the town was a nest for followers of Calvinism and Socinianism. The town became a part of the Minsk Governora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svislach Castle
Svislach Castle ( be, Свіслацкі замак) was a castle that lay in the lands of present-day Belarus on the right bank of the Byarezina River in the place where it meets the Svislach River. Initially the castle was established as the center of the Duchy of Svislach; it later belonged to the Duchy of Minsk, and from the 14th century to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Li .... The castle came into the possession of the Radziwill family and one of its prominent owners was Bogusław Radziwiłł. Online references Svislach Castle at globus.tut.byHistory of Svislach Castle Buildings and structures in Mogilev Region Castles in Belarus Castles and palaces of the Radziwiłł family {{Belarus-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synkavichy Church
The Church of St. Michael ( be, Царква Святога Міхаіла) is an Eastern Orthodox church on the northern outskirts of the village of Synkavichy, Zelva District, Hrodna Province, in Belarus. It is an example of the Belarusian Gothic and one of the first fortified churches in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania along with the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Muravanka. History Foundation Some sources assume that the church was founded by Konstanty Ostrogski, who reconstructed similar church in Vilnius in 1511–1522. More recent research considers the construction year to be 1407. In 2018 assistant professor G. A. Lavretsky found that the church's graffiti was created in the 1320s, proving even older construction date. According to the legend, the church was built by Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in honour of his escape from his cousin, Jogaila, when they were at war. Lavretsky assumes that it was rebuilt from the semi-destroyed castle wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shklow Castle
This is a list of castles in Belarus. B * Belaya Vezha, a common misnomer for the Tower of Kamyenyets *Babruysk fortress *Brest Fortress, also known as Brest-Litovsk fortress H * Hajciunishki * Halshany Castle *Hieraniony Castle * Hrodna Old Castle * Hrodna New Castle K *Tower of Kamyanyets * Kletsk Castle * Kobryn castles * Kopys * Kosava castle *Kreva Castle L * Liahavichy *Lida Castle *Lubcha Castle M * Mir Castle Complex *Muravanka Church N * Navahrudak Castle *Niasvizh Castle P * Pischalauski R *Ruzhany Palace S * Smalyany Castle * Slutsk Castle * Shklow Castle *Synkavichy Church *Svislach Castle Z * Zaslawye {{Castles in Belarus Castles Belarus Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ... Castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slutsk Castle
This is a list of castles in Belarus. B * Belaya Vezha, a common misnomer for the Tower of Kamyenyets *Babruysk fortress *Brest Fortress, also known as Brest-Litovsk fortress H * Hajciunishki * Halshany Castle *Hieraniony Castle * Hrodna Old Castle * Hrodna New Castle K *Tower of Kamyanyets * Kletsk Castle * Kobryn castles * Kopys * Kosava castle *Kreva Castle L * Liahavichy *Lida Castle *Lubcha Castle M * Mir Castle Complex *Muravanka Church N * Navahrudak Castle *Niasvizh Castle P * Pischalauski R *Ruzhany Palace S * Smalyany Castle * Slutsk Castle *Shklow Castle *Synkavichy Church *Svislach Castle Z * Zaslawye {{Castles in Belarus Castles Belarus Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ... Castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smalyany Castle
This is a list of castles in Belarus. B * Belaya Vezha, a common misnomer for the Tower of Kamyenyets *Babruysk fortress *Brest Fortress, also known as Brest-Litovsk fortress H * Hajciunishki * Halshany Castle *Hieraniony Castle * Hrodna Old Castle * Hrodna New Castle K *Tower of Kamyanyets * Kletsk Castle * Kobryn castles * Kopys * Kosava castle *Kreva Castle L * Liahavichy *Lida Castle *Lubcha Castle M * Mir Castle Complex *Muravanka Church N * Navahrudak Castle *Niasvizh Castle P * Pischalauski R *Ruzhany Palace S * Smalyany Castle *Slutsk Castle *Shklow Castle *Synkavichy Church *Svislach Castle Z * Zaslawye {{Castles in Belarus Castles Belarus Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ... Castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruzhany Palace
Ruzhany Palace ( be, палац у Ружанах, pl, Pałac w Różanie) is a ruined palace compound in Ruzhany village, Pruzhany Raion (district), Brest Voblast (province), Western Belarus. Between the 16th and 19th centuries Ruzhany, then called Różany, was the main seat of the senior line of the Sapieha noble family, known as the '. The castle is currently undergoing systematic reconstruction, with the palace ornate gate and entry building being already restored. History Ruzhany began its life in the late 16th century as the site of Lew Sapieha's castle, the palace being completed in 1602. The Sapieha residence was destroyed in the course of the internecine strife in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania when it was attacked by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki's forces in 1700. Ruzhany Palace was rebuilt as a grand Neoclassical residence in the 1770s by Aleksander Michał Sapieha, employing the services of the architect Jan Samuel Becker of Saxony, who set the palace in an E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pischalauski
The Minsk Detention Center No. 1 or SIZO No. 1 (russian: СИЗО №1, Belarusian: СІЗА №1), informally known as Volodarka, Belarusian pronunciation: Valadarka (Валадарка), is the central prison of the Republic of Belarus located in Minsk. Name The prison castle is known in Belarusian as Pishchalauski Castle (Пішчалаўскі замак), also spelled Pischalauski Castle, a name derived from the landlord who built it, Rudolph Pischallo. The Russian version of the name is Pishchalovsky castle. Its popular name, Volodarka, was coined after the October Revolution, when the street on which the building stood was renamed in honour of revolutionary leader V. Volodarsky. It is also sometimes called the Belarusian Bastille. Current usage Operated by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs, SIZO No. 1 is the only facility that houses death row inmates. Their execution occurs at the prison. The prison is also used as a pre-trial detention centre where arreste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niasvizh Castle
Niasviž Castle or Nesvizh Castle ( be, Нясьвіскі замак, Niasvižski zamak, russian: Несвижский замок, pl, zamek w Nieświeżu, lt, Nesvyžiaus pilis) is a residential castle of the Radziwiłł family in Niasviž, Belarus. It is above sea level. Built in the 16th and 17th centuries, and maintained by the Radziwiłł family until 1939, the castle and the nearby Corpus Christi Church were instrumental in the development of Central European and Russian architecture. In 2005, the castle, church, and surrounding environment were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. History The estate was owned by the Radziwiłł magnate family from 1533, when it was awarded to Mikołaj Radziwiłł and his brother Jan Radziwiłł after the extinction of the Kiszka family. Since the Radziwiłłs were one of the most important and wealthy clans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, it was there that the Lithuanian Archive was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navahrudak Castle
The former castle in Navahrudak, Belarus ( be, Навагрудскі замак, lt, Naugarduko pilis, pl, Zamek w Nowogródku) was one of the key strongholds of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, cited by Maciej Stryjkowski as the location of Mindaugas's coronation as King of Lithuania as well as his likely burial place.Tomas BaranauskasМесто коронации Миндаугаса On the opinion of Lithuanian historians (Tomas Baranauskas, T.Baranauskas etc.), there is no information that King Mindaugas lived or visited Navahrudak at all - it is Maciej Stryjkowski, Maciej Stryjkowski's XVI century written unargued conjecture in the interpretation of legends. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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