Ruin
Grobiņa Castle
🇱🇻 Latvia · 13th century
Grobiņa Castle is a medieval castle located in the town of Grobiņa, in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The ancient Curonian castle hill (Skābāržu kalns) is located only 100 m from the castle. It is supposed to be the famous Seeburg, which is mentioned in Scandinavian sources as early as the 9th century.
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Grobiņa Castle ranks #2,519 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 25 mapped in Latvia. Founded 1253, it is older than 74% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.
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