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Ludza Castle

🇱🇻 Latvia · 14th century

Ludza Castle in Latvia
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Country
🇱🇻 Latvia
Type
Ruin
Fame
Hidden gem
Century
14th century
Founded
1399
Coordinates
56.54885°, 27.7287°
Open data
Wikidata Q6111771

Ludza Castle (Latvian: Ludzas pils, German: Ordensburg Ludsen) was a medieval castle built in Gothic style located next to a Catholic church, on the site of a former Latgalian wooden castle in the centre Ludza, Latvia, a small town in eastern Latgale. Its main purpose was to be an eastern outpost to control trade routes from Russia. Nowadays the impressive fragments of the castle walls, including a three-floor high fragment, still remain. The ruins are the main tourist attraction in the Ludza district, and is considered a symbol of the town.

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

Ludza Castle ranks #2,223 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 16 mapped in Latvia. Founded 1399, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 127 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.

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