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Embūte Castle

🇱🇻 Latvia · 13th century

Embūte Castle in Latvia
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Country
🇱🇻 Latvia
Type
Ruin
Fame
Hidden gem
Century
13th century
Founded
1265
Coordinates
56.505°, 21.81833°
Open data
Wikidata Q20855904

The ruins of Embūte Castle are located in Embūte (German: Amboten), Embūte Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, not far from an ancient hillfort erected by Curonians. It was an ancient Curonian settlement and is mentioned in ancient chronicles as a place with strong Curonian resistance to German crusaders.

The bishop's castle was built as a border castle with Lithuania by Livonian Order on a steep hill on the right bank of the Lanka river, which flows into left tributary of the Venta. Later manor house was built using the walls of the former castle, which can be seen in the division of the rooms and the building material. Today, the ruins are surrounded by trees and are in poor condition.

Text adapted from “Embūte Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Embūte Castle ranks #2,369 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 16 mapped in Latvia. Founded 1265, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 203 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.

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