Brest Castle

Brest Castle (Belarusian: Берасцейскі замак) evolved in the course of several centuries from the Slavonic fortified settlement Berestye that had appeared at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries at the confluence of the Mukhavets River into the Bug River, amid islands, formed by the rivers. It was re-built several times after numerous fires and sieges, was destroyed in the course of construction of the Brest Fortress in the 19th century.

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Brest Castle ranks #2746 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 27 mapped in Bielorrusia. Fundado en 901, más antiguo que el 96% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 62 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo X. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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