An UNESCO World Heritage Site in Belarus, the Mir Catle Complex is a historic fortified castle. It is situated in the Karelichy District of Grodno Oblast in the town of Mir. The Mir Castle Complex is situated 164 meters above sea level. One of the few surviving architectural remnants of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in modern-day Belarus, it was built in the late Brick Gothic style in the sixteenth century. After the turn of the sixteenth century, Duke Juryj Ivanavě Illinič started building the castle in the Belarusian Gothic style close to the settlement of Mir. The citadel-courtyard was encircled by five towers, the walls of which created a 75-meter square on each side. After the Ilyinich dynasty ended in 1568, Mikalaj Kryštafor acquired the Mir Castle and renovated it with a three-story, two-winged noble home along the inner walls of the castle to the east and north. Renaissance-style limestone portals, plates, balconies, and porches adorned plastered façade. Owner Daminik Hieranim Radziwil passed away from combat injuries in 1817 after the castle had been abandoned for almost a century and had sustained significant damage at the Battle of Mir in 1812. His daughter Stefania, who later married Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, inherited the castle. Their daughter Maria later acquired the castle after she wed Prince Chlodwig Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. In 1895, Mikalaj Sviatapolk-Mirski of the Bialynia clan purchased the castle from their son, Maurice Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. Michail, son of Mikalaj, started rebuilding the castle in accordance with the plans of Teodor Bursche. UNESCO designated the Mir Castle as a World Heritage Site in December 2000. #History#Architecture#Castles
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