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UNESCO world heritage 
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 Belarus
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | ii, iv |
| Reference No .: | 625 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
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| Enrollment: | 2000 (session 24) |
The Mir Castle ( Belarusian Мірскі замак ) is a 16th century castle in the territory of Belarus near the town of Mir ( Hrodsenskaya Woblasz ).
The castle is one since 2000 the World Heritage of UNESCO . With its Gothic , Renaissance and Baroque elements , it is an example of magnate architecture from the time of Polish-Lithuanian rule. Five brick towers shape the image of the castle.
In the early 16th century the square of a citadel was laid out. A protective wall and five towers surrounded it. The fortress has a square floor plan with a side length of 75 meters. In 1568 Prince Radziwiłł took over the fortress . It was expanded into a noble residence by building a residential complex consisting of two wings along the inner wall.
Huge walls and the loopholes testify to the character of a fortification . The ornate tower facades with alternating brick-red and white plastered fields testify to the self-image of the princes who reside here.
chronology
1506–1510 - built by Duke Yuri Ilyinich on the site of a wooden feudal castle that was burned down by the Tatars .
1568 - after the Iljinich dynasty died out , the castle passed to Mikołaj Krzysztof "the orphan" Radziwiłł . End of the 16th century: Renaissance style decoration , encased in a protective wall.
1655, 1705, 1784 - I am plundered several times, u. a. by Cossacks , Swedes, Russians.
from 1813 - After the death of Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł , the castle passed into the hands of his daughter Stefania, who married Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg . The castle then passed to her daughter Maria, who married Prince Chlodwig Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst .
1895 - Maria and Chlodwig's son Moritz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst sell the palace to the Russian general Nikolai Swjatopolk-Mirski (1833–1898), who begins the reconstruction of the palace.
1941 - During the Second World War , the castle is occupied by the Germans and used as a ghetto for the Jewish population before they were murdered.
1980 - New reconstruction work begins.
literature
- Michael Kaiser (Red.): The legacy of the world . Wolfgang Kunth, Munich 2003/2004, ISBN 3-933405-96-3 .
Web links
- Brief description on the UNESCO site (English)
- History and description of the castle (English)
Cultural heritage: Mir Palace (2000) | Struve Arch (2005) | Architectural and cultural heritage of the Radziwill family in Nieswiez (2005)
Natural heritage: Bialowieza Forest (1992)
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 4 " N , 26 ° 28 ′ 23" E