Lubcha Castle

Lyubcha Castle or Lubcz Castle (Belarusian: Любчанскі замак) was a residential castle of the Radziwill family on the left bank of the Neman River at Lyubcha near Novogrudok, Belarus.

The castle began its life in 1581 as a fortified residence of Jan Kiszka, a powerful Calvinist magnate. It had timber walls and a single stone tower, and was surrounded by moats on three sides, the fourth side protected by the river.

Lyubcha later passed to Janusz Radziwiłł, Great Hetman of Lithuania, who rebuilt the castle in stone. In 1655, it was taken and devastated by the rebellious Cossacks under Ivan Zolotarenko. Only the barbican and one other tower stood after the Cossack incursion.

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

Lubcha Castle occupe la 3 159e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 16e rang des 27 que l’atlas recense en Biélorussie. Fondé en 1581, il est plus ancien que 40 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 495 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XVIe siècle. Voyez comment la Biélorussie se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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