Liahavichy Castle

Liachavičy Castle was a fortified Belarus castle. It was one of the most significant castles in Belarus in the 17th century. It may have been in existence as a hill fort since the eleventh or twelfth century.

It was built at the end of the 16th century by the hetman Yan Eromin of the Hadkevich family, on a hill in the Belarus town of the same name. It stood on the bank of the Vedz'ma ("Witch") river, surrounded by a moat regulated by a dam. In the centre stood a two-storey palace. Eromin's son, Yan Korol, the hetman of the Great Lithuanian Principality, reconstructed and fortified the castle.

The 17th century occupants, the Sapieha family, fortified the castle such that it was the only castle in the region to survive the Cossack Khmelnitzky massacres and subsequent wars with Russia. The castle survived a siege in 1660, the only fortress in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania not to be captured by Russia during the Russo-Polish War (1654–67).

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Liahavichy Castle ranks #4087 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 27 mapped in Bielorrusia. Fundado en ca. 1575, más antiguo que el 41% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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