The palace and park ensemble of the XVI-XIX TTFS. in Nesvizh Nesvizh belongs to the first ordinate Nicholas Christopher Radziwil


The palace and park ensemble of the XVI-XIX TTFS. in Nesvizh Nesvizh belongs to the first ordinate Nicholas Christopher Radziwill "Orphan" (1549 - 1616). Start of construction refers to the beginning of 1583 in XVIІ. Construction work has been largely completed. The shaft 20 meters high was fortified stone. In the seventeenth century. the corners of the bastions were erected 4 defensive towers. During its existence, the castle withstood the siege of the Russian troops in 1655 and 1660., But in 1706 was captured by the Swedes, who destroyed the castle buildings and a bastion fortifications. Extensive restoration works have started only in the last quarter of the nineteenth - early twentieth centuries. Since 2005, the brought in the UNESCO World Heritage.


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Location: Nesvizh, Belarus
Photo credit: © Konstantin Labunskiy / Alamy / Afripics
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