Russia · 15th century
The Ordensburg Tilsit was a castle of the Teutonic Order in Tilsit completed in 1410. Through the construction of bastions in the 16th or 17th century the castle was extended into a fortress-like complex. Today only the outer walls of the main building remain of it.
Machine-translated from “Ordensburg Tilsit” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Tilsit ranks #5,698 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #106 of the 146 mapped in Russia. Founded 1406, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 99 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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