Viļaka Castle
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Viļaka Castle (Mariensee Castle, Marienhausen) is a castle in the historical region of Latgale
, in eastern Latvia
. The castle is located close to Viļaka
town, on an island in the Viļaka Lake. Built by Archbishopric of Riga in 1342 as a wooden castle, rebuilt as a stone castle after 1516. The castle was destroyed in 1702. The outer walls are 1.6m thick, remaining fragments of the walls are up to 2 meters high.
Latgale
Latgale is one of the four historical and cultural regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava River...
, in eastern Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The castle is located close to Viļaka
Vilaka
Viļaka is a town in Latvia.Viļaka is the birthplace of Shabtai Daniel, the Israeli journalist and politician.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
town, on an island in the Viļaka Lake. Built by Archbishopric of Riga in 1342 as a wooden castle, rebuilt as a stone castle after 1516. The castle was destroyed in 1702. The outer walls are 1.6m thick, remaining fragments of the walls are up to 2 meters high.