Russia · 12th century
Bogolyubovo Castle, or the Palace of Andrei Bogolyubsky (in Russian: Палаты Андрея Боголюбского), also called the "stone castle" or "castle of Andrei I Bogolyubsky", is a country residence built around 1158 at Bogolyubovo, near the city of Vladimir, by Andrei I Bogolyubsky (second son of the prince of Rostov and Suzdal, Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky), prince of the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal. It is located in the Golden Ring of Russia.
Machine-translated from “Château de Bogolioubovo” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palace of Andrei Bogolyubsky ranks #5,683 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #105 of the 146 mapped in Russia. Founded 1158, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,886 times in the last 60 days, more than 68% of the atlas. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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