Embūte Castle

The ruins of Embūte Castle are located in Embūte (German: Amboten), Embūte Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, not far from an ancient hillfort erected by Curonians. It was an ancient Curonian settlement and is mentioned in ancient chronicles as a place with strong Curonian resistance to German crusaders.

The bishop's castle was built as a border castle with Lithuania by Livonian Order on a steep hill on the right bank of the Lanka river, which flows into left tributary of the Venta. Later manor house was built using the walls of the former castle, which can be seen in the division of the rooms and the building material. Today, the ruins are surrounded by trees and are in poor condition.

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Embūte Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界3,186位（全3,734件中）、ラトビアの25件では25位にランクされています。1265年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の72%より古い城です（13世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の397件のひとつ）。ラトビアが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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