Norviliškės Castle

Norviliškės Castle (Lithuanian: Norviliškių pilis), also called Norviliškės Manor (Lithuanian: Norviliškių dvaras) is a Renaissance style castle and a former monastery in Norviliškės, Lithuania. The Norviliškės Castle is first mentioned in 1586. In 1617 the owners donated part of the real estate land to Franciscans. Around 1745 they built a monastery and a church in Renaissance style. The monastery was reconstructed at the end of the 18th century by Kazimieras Kaminskis. After the November Uprising of 1831, Russian authorities closed the monastery and turned it into barracks for soldiers, and later to a boarding school for girls. The Church of St. Mary Compassionate Mother was closed at the same time as the monastery. A new wooden church was built in 1929.

For a long time the former manor stood abandoned. In 2005, reconstruction was started by an entrepreneur, Giedrius Klimkevičius, from Vilnius. The project is supported by funds from the PHARE program. The hopes are that the Norviliškės Castle will become a tourist attraction. It offers hosting for business conferences or weddings, hunting, shooting practices, and other activities, including music festival Be2gether.

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Norviliškės Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,656位（全3,734件中）、リトアニアの22件では21位にランクされています。1586年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の38%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の351件のひとつ）。リトアニ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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