Halshany Castle

Halshany or Holszany Castle (Belarusian: Гальшанскі замак, Lithuanian: Alšėnų pilis, Polish: Zamek holszański) is the ruined residence of the Sapieha magnate family in Halshany, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus. It used to be the seat of one of the largest land estates in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The current structure was built about 1610 by Paweł Stefan Sapieha to replace an older castle of the Holszanski princely family, of whom Sapiehas were descendants and heirs.

Also known as the Black Castle (although it is built of red brick), the residence formerly rivaled Mir Castle as the most elegant private château of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The name Black Castle in fact originally applies to a fictional building from a book by Uladzimir Karatkievich, which was loosely based on Halshany Castle.

Texte adapté de « Halshany Castle » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Halshany Castle occupe la 2 597e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 14e rang des 27 que l’atlas recense en Biélorussie. Fondé v. 1610, il est plus ancien que 34 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 399 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XVIIe siècle. Voyez comment la Biélorussie se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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