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.

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Halshany Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,464位（全3,734件中）、ベラルーシの17件では14位にランクされています。約1610年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の33%より古い城です（17世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の285件のひとつ）。ベラルーシ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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