Zhabersky Castle ( Belor. Zhabersky Zamak , also known as Vishnevetsky Castle ( Belor. Zamak Vishnyavetskіkh ) - a former castle near the village of Zhaber, Drogichinsky district , which existed in the XVII - early XVIII centuries. Located 3 km north-west of the village, on the right bank the Yaselda River. Belonged to the princes Dolsky [2] , then to the princes Vishnevetsky [3] .
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Description
The fortification rectangular in terms of (about 1.5 hectares) was surrounded on three sides by a moat (width up to 20 m, depth 5 m), and from the west — a river [3] . The castle was fortified with a high earthen wall with bastions at the corners and an oak fence. It was connected with the surroundings by a gate and a bridge [3] . On the castle grounds there were two stone (or wooden on stone foundations) buildings - according to N. Volkov, these buildings could be the palace and the gate (or powder magazine) [2] .
The castle was built around the end of the 16th - 1st half of the 17th century, after the Uprising of the Khmelnitsky and the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667 , it was significantly modernized. In the 2nd half of the XVII century. The castle was one of the central residences of Dolskys, in particular Jan Karol Dolski , who most likely was engaged in its modernization. At the end of the XVII century. the castle passed to Vishnevetsky. In 1706, during the Northern War , captured and destroyed by the Swedes , led by Charles XII . Later it was not restored and was not used [2] .
Modernity
The foundation of the gate has been preserved. The territory of the castle, incl. the foundations of buildings suffer greatly from the “ black archaeologists ” [2] .
On April 16-17, 2015, archaeologists from the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus conducted research on the Zhabersky castle [2] .
Notes
- ↑ GeoNames 2005.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Wolfs M. ...
- ↑ 1 2 3 Tkachoў M. Zhabersky Zamak // Architektura ...
Literature
- Tkachoў M. Zhabersky Zamak // Belarus Architecture: Entsyklapedychny davednіk. - Minsk: BelEn, 1993. - 620 p .: il. - ISBN 5-85700-078-5. - p. 209.
- Tkachoў M. Zhabersky Zamak // Entsyklapedyya lit_ tatury i mastetstva Belarusi: U 5 t. T. 2 / Redkal .: І. P. Shamyakin (Gal. Red.) І іnsh. - Minsk: BelSE, 1985. - 702 pp .: il. - p. 421.
- Belarusian entsiklapedyya: 18 tons. T. 6: Dadaizm - Zastava / Redkal .: G.P. Pashkova and Insh. - Minsk: BelEn, 1998. - T. 6. - 576 p. - 10 000 copies - ISBN 985-11-0106-0 (v. 6). - p. 409.
Links
- Zhabersky castle on the website Radzima.org
- Zhabersky castle on the site Globus of Belarus
| Object of the State List of Historical and Cultural Property of the Republic of Belarus Code: 113Г000194 |