Asveja Lake Hillfort and Dubingiai Castle Complex
Middle Ages (14th–17th c. with Iron Age hillfort predecessor)·Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vytautas, Radvila family)·🇱🇹 Vilnius County, Molėtai–Dubingiai, Asveja lake bridge area, Lithuania
Gytis Grižas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16452479 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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About Asveja Lake Hillfort and Dubingiai Castle Complex
Asveja Lake Hillfort and Dubingiai Castle Complex in Vilnius County, Molėtai–Dubingiai, Asveja lake bridge area, Lithuania is a Middle Ages (14th–17th c. 1000 BCE serving as island/peninsula hillfort turned ducal castle and radvila renaissance palace. Documented via 1373 Krėva charters; excav. Zabiela 1990s. Asveja Lake Hillfort and Dubingiai Castle Complex illustrates Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vytautas, Radvila family) earthwork traditions with timber-earth hillfort construction.
Excavation partially-excavated reveals dubingiai hill 15 m; asveja lake bridge 72 m.
Why it mattersAsveja Lake Hillfort and Dubingiai Castle Complex in Vilnius County, Molėtai–Dubingiai, Asveja lake bridge area, Lithuania is a Middle Ages (14th–17th c. with Iron Age hillfort predecessor) Grand Duch
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Radvila printing house and church 16th c. Calvinist centre
Theories
- 01Asveja longest lake + hillfort as eastern Lithuanian defence chain
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Dubingiai castle c.1373 (Vytautas); Asveja piliakalnis c.1000 BCE
- Period
- Middle Ages (14th–17th c. with Iron Age hillfort predecessor)
- Culture
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vytautas, Radvila family)
- Purpose
- Island/peninsula hillfort turned ducal castle and Radvila Renaissance palace
- Abandoned
- 1623 (Radvila Reformation printing house)
- Rediscovered
- 1373 Krėva charters; excav. Zabiela 1990s
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Dubingiai castle c.1373 (Vytautas); Asveja piliakalnis c.1000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1212 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
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