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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 Districts Established Status Notes Refs

Aizpute Castle 		Aizpute South Kurzeme End of the 13th century Ruins

Alsunga Castle 		Alsunga Kuldīga Before 1341 Preserved In use

Dundaga Castle 		Dundaga Talsi Late 13th century Preserved In use

Ēdole Castle 		Ēdole Kuldīga From 1264 to 1267 Preserved In use

Embūte Castle 		Embūte South Kurzeme Around 1265 Ruins Walls stand up to 7 meters high

Grobiņa Castle 		Grobiņa South Kurzeme 1253 Ruins A wooden castle before 1265

Nurmuiža Castle 		Lauciene Talsi Around 1598 Preserved Under reconstruction

Piltene Castle 		Piltene Ventspils End of the 13th century Ruins

Ventspils Castle 		Ventspils Ventspils city Before 1290 Preserved In use

Zemgale

Name Town Parish Established Status Notes Refs

Bauska Castle 		Bauska Bauska Built after 1443 Under reconstruction Medieval part in ruins and Renaissance part reconstructed

Dobele Castle 		Dobele Dobele From 1335 to 1359 Impressive ruins

Jaunpils Castle 		Jaunpils Tukums 1301 Preserved In use

Rundāle Palace 		Pilsrundāle Bauska 1768, museum opened in 1963 Preserved In use

Šlokenbeka Castle 		Milzkalne Tukums Built before 1544 Preserved and transformed In use [1]

Vidzeme

Name Town Parish Established Status Notes Refs

Aizkraukle Castle 		Aizkraukle Aizkraukle Second half of the 14th century Ruins Walls standing up to 5 meters high

Alūksne Castle 		Alūksne Alūksne Around 1342 Ruins Walls higher than 5 meters high

Burtnieki Castle 		Burtnieki Valmiera Built before 1366 Ruins Walls up to 4 meters high

Cēsis Castle 		Cēsis Cēsis Around 1213-1218 Impressive ruins

Daugavgrīva Castle 		Daugavgrīva Rīga 1208 Only earthen ramparts

Gaujiena Castle 		Gaujiena Smiltene Around 1236-1238 Ruins Walls standing higher than 10 meters

Koknese Castle 		Koknese Aizkraukle Around 1210 Impressive ruins

Krimulda Castle 		Krimulda Sigulda Middle of the 13th century Ruins

Lielstraupe Castle 		Straupe Cēsis End of the 13th century Preserved In use

Lielvārde Castle 		Lielvārde Ogre Built before 1248 Ruins

Uldevena wooden castle 		Lielvārde Lielvārde Ogre Built before 1213 Reconstructed

Rauna Castle 		Rauna Rauna Built before 1381 Impressive ruins

Riga Castle 		Riga Rīga Built in the 1340s Preserved In use

Salacgrīva fortress 		Salacgrīva Limbaži Built in 1226 Ruins Barely visible [2]

Sigulda Medieval Castle 		Sigulda Sigulda From 1207 to 1209 Impressive ruins

Turaida Castle 		Turaida Sigulda Built in 1214 Partly reconstructed

Vecdole Castle 		Dole island Salaspils Built before 1226 Ruins Barely visible

Vecpiebalga Castle 		Vecpiebalga Cēsis Built before 1318 Ruins Walls standing up to 6 metres high

Latgale

Name Town Parish Established Status Notes Refs

Dinaburga Castle 		East of Daugavpils Augšdaugava Around 1273-1277 Excavated and exposed ruins

Krustpils Castle 		Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Second half of the 13th century Preserved In use

Ludza Castle 		Ludza Ludza Built in the 14th century Impressive ruins

Viļaka Castle 		Viļaka Balvi End of the 15th century Ruins Stone castle after 1516

Rēzekne Castle 		Rēzekne Rēzekne Built before 1324 Ruins [3] [4]

See also

Additional information

References

  1. ^ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN  9984-785-05-X. OCLC  72358861.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  2. ^ Gertrud Westermann (1990). Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon (in German). Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. pp. 538–. ISBN  978-3-412-06889-9. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. ^ Saul Bernard Cohen (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z. Columbia University Press. p. 3185. ISBN  978-0-231-14554-1.
  4. ^ Ellen Chivers Davies (1937). A wayfarer in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. R.M. McBride & company. p. 160.

Sources

  • Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN  9984-785-05-X. OCLC  72358861.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  • Ose, I. (2004). Latvijas 12. gadsimta beigu - 17. gadsimta vācu piļu leksikons (in Latvian). Riga.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

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