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The newest reconstruction began in 2017. The restoration of the Old Grodno Castle was criticized due to the lacking of historical authenticity. For instance, the contemporary viewpoint was added near the central gates. Some specialists disputed the restoration project, they found significant mistakes
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in documentation that appeared because the constructor couldn’t read historical inventory descriptions written in Polish and German. For example, the shape of the dome above the central tower, added levels between towers and galleries. Some authentic 16th century walls were demolished.
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At present the castle serves as a historical and archaeological museum with a collection of more than 200,000 artifacts, one of the largest in Belarus.
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taste of Northern Italy. After Bathory's death in Grodno in 1586, his pet project was abandoned. The citadel was devastated by the
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who raised sufficient funds to finance the refurbishing of the royal residence. The restored castle was selected by King
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who envisaged Grodno as the capital of his vast empire in Eastern Europe. He engaged
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of the castle belonged to a type of Belarusian defensive tower represented by the
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The first wooden castle was built in the 11th century at the confluence of the
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also favoured Grodno over Lithuania's official capital. It was there that the
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to replace the Vytautas Castle with his own residence in the advanced
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towers in 1391–98, transforming it into one of his main residences.
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restored the chamber of the ambassadors and the Sejm Hall.
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was offered to him, and it was there that he died in 1492.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 11th century
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The castle's revival took place in 1673–1678 due to
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Belarusian
Grodno
Belarus
Black Ruthenian
Yaroslav the Wise
Kiev
Neman
keep
Tower of Kamyanyets
Vytautas the Great
Brick Gothic
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Polish Crown
Stephen Báthory
Scotto of Parma
Renaissance
Russians
Russo-Polish War
Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki of Poland
Sejm
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Great Northern War
New Grodno Castle
partitions of Poland
Russian army
barracks
interwar Poland
"The architecture of castles and palaces in Belarus"

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