- Type
- Castle
- Style
- Gothic architecture
- Heritage
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 53.4513°, 26.4729°
History
The Ilinich family began building the castle in the early 16th century as a square fortress with brick towers at the corners and over the gate. When the family died out later that century, the estate passed to Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł, known as the Orphan, who added a Renaissance palace and surrounded the castle with earth ramparts. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was repeatedly damaged in wars, and by the 19th century it was in decline. In the late 19th century the Sviatopolk-Mirsky family bought it, building a burial chapel and laying out a park. After years of restoration it is now a museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What to see
Visitors can explore restored palace rooms with displays on the former owners and life at a magnate's court, as well as the tower interiors linked by galleries. The façades, patterned in brick and plastered panels, are a highlight in themselves. In the park beside the castle stands the Sviatopolk-Mirsky burial chapel, and a pond surrounds the scene.
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