List of castles in Latvia
This is the List of castles in Latvia, which includes fortified residences of Western European conquerors built in the area of present-day Latvia before the 17th century. There are about 140 medieval castles in the area, therefore this list is not complete. After the name of the castle comes the year of construction and a short description of its present-day condition.
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Courland
Name | Town | Parish | Established | Status | Notes | Refs |
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Aizpute | Aizpute | End of the 13th century | Ruins | |||
Alsunga | Alsunga parish | Before 1341 | Preserved | In use | ||
Dunalka Old Manor | Dunalka parish | Built after 1578 | Ruins | |||
Dundaga | Dundaga parish | Late 13th century | Preserved | In use | ||
Ēdole | Ēdole parish | From 1264 to 1267 | Preserved | In use | ||
Embūte | Embūte parish | Around 1265 | Ruins | Walls stand up to 7 meters high | ||
Grobiņa | Grobiņa | 1253 | Ruins | A wooden castle before 1265 | ||
Nurmuiža | Lauciene parish | Around 1598 | Preserved | Under reconstruction | ||
Piltene | Piltene | End of the 13th century | Ruins | |||
Ventspils | Ventspils | Before 1290 | Preserved | In use |
Zemgale
Name | Town | Parish | Established | Status | Notes | Refs |
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Bauska | Built after 1443 | Under reconstruction | Medieval part in ruins and Renaissance part reconstructed | |||
Dobele | Dobele | From 1335 to 1359 | Impressive ruins | |||
Jaunpils | Jaunpils | Jaunpils parish | 1301 | Preserved | In use | |
Šlokenbeka | Milzkalne | Smārde parish | Built before 1544 | Preserved and transformed | In use | [1] |
Vidzeme
Name | Town | Parish | Established | Status | Notes | Refs |
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Aizkraukle | Aizkraukle | Aizkraukle parish | Second half of the 14th century | Ruins | Walls standing up to 5 meters high | |
Alūksne | Alūksne | Around 1342 | Ruins | Walls higher than 5 meters high | ||
Burtnieki | Burtnieki | Burtnieki parish | Built before 1366 | Ruins | Walls up to 4 meters high | |
Cēsis | Cēsis | Around 1213-1218 | Impressive ruins | |||
Daugavgrīva | Daugavgrīva | 1208 | Only earthen ramparts | |||
Gaujiena | Gaujiena | Gaujiena parish | Around 1236-1238 | Ruins | Walls standing higher than 10 meters | |
Koknese | Koknese | Koknese parish | Around 1210 | Impressive ruins | ||
Krimulda | Sigulda | Sigulda parish | Middle of the 13th century | Ruins | ||
Lielstraupe | Straupe | Straupe parish | End of the 13th century | Preserved | In use | |
Lielvārde | Lielvārde | Built before 1248 | Ruins | |||
Rauna | Rauna | Rauna parish | Built before 1381 | Impressive ruins | ||
Riga | Riga | Built in the 1340s | Preserved | In use | ||
Salacgrīva fortress | Salacgrīva | Built in 1226 | Ruins | Barely visible | [2] | |
Sigulda | Sigulda | From 1207 to 1209 | Impressive ruins | |||
Turaida | Turaida | Built in 1214 | Partly reconstructed | |||
Vecdole | Salaspils parish | Built before 1226 | Ruins | Barely visible | ||
Vecpiebalga | Vecpiebalga | Vecpiebalga parish | Built before 1318 | Ruins | Walls standing up to 6 metres high | |
Latgale
Name | Town | Parish | Established | Status | Notes | Refs |
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Dinaburga Castle | East of Daugavpils | Naujene parish | Around 1273-1277 | Excavated and exposed ruins | ||
Krustpils Castle | Jēkabpils | Second half of the 13th century | Preserved | In use | ||
Ludza Castle | Ludza | Built in the 14th century | Impressive ruins | |||
Viļaka Castle | Viļaka | End of the 15th century | Ruins | Stone castle after 1516 | ||
Rēzekne Castle | Rēzekne | Built before 1324 | Ruins | [3][4] |
See also
Additional information
References
- ↑ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.
- ↑ Gertrud Westermann (1990). Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon (in German). Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. pp. 538–. ISBN 978-3-412-06889-9. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ Saul Bernard Cohen (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z. Columbia University Press. p. 3185. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
- ↑ Ellen Chivers Davies (1937). A wayfarer in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. R.M. McBride & company. p. 160.
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