Castle
Kaźjany Castle
🇧🇾 Belarus · 16th century
Kaźjany Castle (Belarusian: Казьянскі замак) existed in the 16th century to the north of the village of Kozyany in the Vitebsk powiat (present-day Shumilino district, Vitebsk region, Belarus). It was built in 1563 during the Livonian War of 1558–1583 on the orders of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible as a frontier fortress. It was destroyed in 1579 by the troops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Machine-translated from “Козьян (крепость)” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaźjany Castle ranks #5,934 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 37 mapped in Belarus. Founded 1563, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 687 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Belarus compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Kaźjany Castle?
Kaźjany Castle stands in Belarus, at 55.54222°, 29.50542°.
When was Kaźjany Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1563. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Kaźjany Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,934 of 7,044 worldwide, and #37 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 Kaźjany Castle?
Невельская крепость, about 59 km away.
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