Latvia
Salaspils Castle (Latvian: Salaspils viduslaiku pils, Latin: castrum Holme) was an Order castle of the Livonian Order, built somewhat south of the town of Salaspils (German: Kirchholm) on the bank of the Daugava. Through the damming of the Daugava the castle is, apart from a few remains of walls, completely covered by water.
Salaspils Castle must not be confused with the episcopal castle of Holme, which was built in 1186 on the Daugava island of Mārtiņsala (German: Martinsholm or Holme) and, until its destruction in 1298, was likewise called Kirchholm Castle.
Machine-translated from “Ordensburg Neu-Kirchholm” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salaspils Castle ranks #7,694 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #45 of the 47 mapped in Latvia. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Riga, 18 km away. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.
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