Kreva Castle

Former castle in Kreva, Belarus

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Kreva Castle (Belarusian: Крэўскі замак, Lithuanian: Krėvos pilis, Polish: zamek w Krewie) is the ruins of a major fortified residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Gediminas and Algirdas) in the village of Kreva, Belarus. The village lies 220 metres (720 ft) above sea level.^[1]

Algirdas's brother Kęstutis was imprisoned and murdered by Jogaila in the Kreva Castle in 1382. The Union of Krewo (Act of Krewo), the first step towards the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was signed in the castle three years later. The castle was sacked by the Crimean Tatars in the early 16th century and stood unoccupied for a long time. By the 19th century, much of the walls had crumbled away. World War I dealt a final blow to the decaying structure, since the castle stood on the front line between Russian and German armed forces. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the ruins were partially conserved, particularly by Poland in 1929. However, the monument has been decaying ever since.

The present-day ruins of the Kreva Castle

Kreva Castle Tower

Kreva Castle Remains

References

^ Kreva Castle Elevation and Position

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kreva Castle.

Krevo Castle on official website of the Republic of Belarus
(in Russian) Kreva Castle on globus.tut.by
(in Belarusian) History of the Kreva Castle
(in Belarusian) The Kreva Castle Charity Fund

54°18′36″N 26°17′02″E / 54.310°N 26.284°E / 54.310; 26.284

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Volhynia

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Red Ruthenia

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Podolia

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Wild Fields

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