Biržai Castle (Biržai)

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Construction of the earth bastion-type castle started in 1586 by the order of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł. In 1575, preparing for this construction, a dam was built on the Agluona and Apaščia rivers at their confluence, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about 40 km², was created. Major castle building works were finished in 1589. Biržai Castle served as a major defensive structure during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wars with Sweden. The castle was reconstructed from ruins in the 1980s, in the Renaissance-Baroque style. The residential manor of the castle houses a library and a regional history museum "Sėla".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biržai_Castle
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Coordinates:   56°12'18"N   24°45'14"E
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