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Drysviaty Castle

🇧🇾 Belarus · 14th century

Drysviaty Castle in Belarus
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Drysviaty Castle (Belarusian: Дрысвяцкі замак) was a castle that existed in the 14th–17th centuries on Zamok island in Lake Drysviaty (now in the territory of the Braslav district of the Vitebsk region).

Machine-translated from “Дрисвятский замок” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Drysviaty Castle ranks #5,897 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 37 mapped in Belarus. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 56% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 557 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Belarus compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Drysviaty Castle?

Drysviaty Castle stands in Belarus, at 55.59498°, 26.64749°.

When was Drysviaty Castle built?

The atlas dates its founding to c. 1350. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.

How famous is Drysviaty Castle?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,897 of 7,044 worldwide, and #36 in Belarus. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Drysviaty Castle?

Daugavpils Fortress, about 34 km away.

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