Illustration of the Old Grodno Castle (also known as the Grodno Upper Castle or Bathory's Castle) in Grodno, Belarus.
Sent by Roxy from Grodno Oblast, Belarus.
The Old Grodno Castle (Belarusian: Стары замак, romanized: Stary zamak; also known as the Grodno Upper Castle and Bathory's Castle) in Grodno, Belarus, originated in the 11th century as the seat of a dynasty of Black Ruthenian rulers, descended from a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev.
The first wooden castle was built in the 11th century at the confluence of the Neman and the Gorodnichanka rivers.
The 13th-century keep of the castle belonged to a type of Belarusian defensive tower represented by the Tower of Kamyanyets. Vytautas the Great rebuilt the castle in stone and added five Brick Gothic towers in 1391–98, transforming it into one of his main residences. Casimir IV Jagiellon also used to reside in Grodno alongside Lithuania's official capital Vilnius. It was there that the Polish Crown was offered to him, and it was there that he died in 1492 (read more).
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