Niasviz Castle

Niasviz Castle or Nesvizh Castle is a residential castle of the Radziwi?? circle of relatives in Niasviz, Belarus. It is 183 metres above sea degree. The property changed into owned by way of the Radziwi?? multi-millionaire circle of relatives from 1533, whilst it turned into presented to Miko?aj Radziwi?? and his brother Jan Radziwi?? after the extinction of the Kiszka own family. Since the Radziwi??s have been one of the maximum essential and rich clans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, it turned into there that the Lithuanian Archive was moved in 1551. In 1586 the estate become became an ordynacja.

After the Union of Lublin the fort became one of the most essential houses within the primary a part of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1582 Miko?aj Krzysztof Sierotka Radziwi??, the Marshal of Lithuania, Voivode of Trakai Vilnius and castellan of Šiauliai, started out the construction of an enforcing rectangular three-storey chateau. Although the works have been based totally on a pre-existing structure of a medieval castle, the previous fortifications were absolutely changed into a renaissance-baroque residence.