Ruin
Embūte Castle
🇱🇻 Latvia · 13th century
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 #5,012 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #29 of the 45 mapped in Latvia. Founded 1265, it is older than 68% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Embūte Castle?
Embūte Castle stands in Latvia, at 56.505°, 21.81833°.
When was Embūte Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1265. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Embūte Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,012 of 8,133 worldwide, and #29 in Latvia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Embūte Castle?
Aizpute Castle, about 28 km away.
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