Pischalauski Castle

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Pischalauski Castle is also sometimes called the Belarusian Bastille. The castle was built in 1825. It formerly served as a prison. The architect was named Pishchala. The castle was the site of the imprisonment of Belarusian writer Yakub Kolas from 1908 to 1911. A portion of one the castle's four towers collapsed in April 2008.

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Address
vulica Valadarskaha 15, Minsk, Belarus

Established
1825

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