Vastseliina Castle
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Vastseliina Castle.
Vastseliina Castle (Estonian: Vastseliina piiskopilinnus, German: Neuhausen, Russian: Novgorodok[1]) was a castle of the Livonian Order, Bishopric of Dorpat. It was constructed by 1342 by the Landmeister Burkhard von Dreileben as part of the border fortifications of Old Livonia against Novgorod, Pskov and later Moscow. [2]
The ruins of the castle are near Vastseliina, Estonia.
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Vastseliina castle from south.jpg
View from south
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Vastseliina castle from west.jpg
View from west
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Vastseliina castle from east.jpg
View from east
See also
References
- ↑ "Handelskontrolle, "Derivation", Eindämmerung: schwedische Moskaupolitik 1617-1661 ", Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-447-03880-2, p. 128
- ↑ Vastseliina Castle at the Estonian cultural registry website
External links
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