Castle
Šlokenbeka Castle
🇱🇻 Latvia
Šlokenbeka Castle (Latvian: Šlokenbekas pils, German: Ordensburg Schlockenbeck) is a fortified manor in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the only existing example of a fortified manor centre in Latvia. It started its existence as a castle of the Livonian Order before 1544. In 1845 Šlokenbeka manor house was built inside the defensive walls of the castle.
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Šlokenbeka Castle ranks #3,435 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #24 of the 30 mapped in Latvia. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.
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