Svislach Castle
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Svislach Castle was a castle
that lied in the lands of present day Belarus
on the right bank of the Byarezina River in the place were it meets the Svislach River
. Initially the castle was established as the center of the Svislach Duchy, it later belonged to the Minsk Duchy, and from the 14th century to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
. The castle came into possession of the Radziwill family. One of its prominent owners was Bogusław Radziwiłł.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
that lied in the lands of present day Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
on the right bank of the Byarezina River in the place were it meets the Svislach River
Svislach River
Svislach or Svisloch is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the Biarezina river. It is 327 km in length. The name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin ....
. Initially the castle was established as the center of the Svislach Duchy, it later belonged to the Minsk Duchy, and from the 14th century to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
. The castle came into possession of the Radziwill family. One of its prominent owners was Bogusław Radziwiłł.