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Lielvārde Castle

Castles in LatviaKreis RigaOgre MunicipalityVidzeme
Lielvārdes pilsdrupas 2000 05 20
Lielvārdes pilsdrupas 2000 05 20

Lielvārde Castle (Lielvārde bishop's castle) is a castle in Lielvārde, a town in Ogre Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.The castle was built at the steep bank of Daugava River, overseeing this important medieval waterway, before 1248 by Albert of Buxthoeven, an archbishop of Riga. During the Livonian War, Lielvārde Castle was destroyed by Russian troops in 1579. Its ruins are conserved up to the level of the second floor.

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N 56.7114 ° E 24.8382 °
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Lielvārdes (Lennewarde) pilsdrupas

Edgara Kauliņa aleja
LV-5070
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