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Biržai (pronunciation ⓘ, also known by several alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania. Famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries.
Biržai – miestas šiaurės Lietuvoje, Aukštaitijoje, Panevėžio apskrityje, 66 km į šiaurę nuo Panevėžio, 201 km į šiaurę nuo Vilniaus, 27 km į šiaurės rytus nuo Pasvalio, 90 km į pietus nuo Rygos, netoli Latvijos sienos.
- 1520 m. (pirmą kartą paminėtas)
- Biržų rajono savivaldybė
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56.20°N 24.75°E. / 56.20; 24.75. Type. Castle. Site history. Built. 1589. Biržai Castle is a castle in Biržai, Lithuania. Construction of the earth bastion-type castle started in 1586 by the order of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł.
- 1589
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- BIRŽAI CASTLE. Biržai Castle is a Dutch-style fortress with bastions built by the Duke Radvila family and used to defend Lithuania’s northern borders in the 17th-18th centuries.In 1978-1988, a dilapidated palace of the castle complex has been restored.
- FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS ŠIRVĖNA LAKE. Širvėna Lake is the oldest artificial water body in Lithuania. In 1575, it came into existence following the building of a dam across two rivers running through Biržai for protection of both the fortress and the city.
- ASTRAVAS MANOR. Following the establishment of a linen factory in buildings of Astravas Manor in 1928, a 525-metre-long and 2.45-metre-wide footbridge has been built over Širvėna Lake to connect the Astravas Manor and the city of Biržai.
- COW’S CAVE (KARVĖS OLA) It is the most famous and best-explored geological monument of nature of national significance (classified from 1964) located in the North of Lithuania.
Lithuania, Europe. Lithuania. First built by Duke Kristupas Radvila in the late 16th century, Biržai Castle was largely restored in the 1980s, having been twice destroyed. Its huge, white-washed bastions striking skywards from man-made Lake Širvėnait was the seat of the Dukes of Biržai, and found itself in the front line in two wars with ...
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BIRŽAI CASTLE. Biržai Castle is a Dutch-style fortress with bastions built by the Duke Radvila family and used to defend Lithuania’s northern borders in the 17 th -18 th centuries. In 1978-1988, a dilapidated palace of the castle complex has been restored.
