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Sigulda Medieval Castle

🇱🇻 Letonia · siglo XIII

Sigulda Medieval Castle en Letonia
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Sigulda Medieval Castle ruins are located on the edge of the Gauja valley in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. The original castle was built in 1207 as a castellum type fortress, later rebuilt into a convent type building. The residence of the Land Marshal of the Livonian Order since 1432.

Due to its importance as a tourist attraction, the old castle walls have been fortified many times in the 20th century. The castle reopened its walls to visitors in 2012 and now encourages everyone to step back in time and enjoy the surroundings that bore witness to many historical events. It is possible to climb up the North Tower, the Main Gate Tower and enjoy the medieval aura.

Texto adaptado de «Sigulda Medieval Castle» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sigulda Medieval Castle ranks #2009 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 37 mapped in Letonia. Fundado en 1207, más antiguo que el 79% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 519 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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