Nesvizh Castle.
In the sixteenth century the powerful Lithuanian Radziwill family wanted to build an impressive palace near Minsk to celebrate the dynasty's magnificence. Several Italian architects contributed to the design and construction of the castle, including Giovanni Maria Bernardoni, from whom the influences of the early Baroque period derive.
According to historian Vitaly Bedritsky, "This castle reflects not only the history of Belarus but the entire region. The owners of the castle, the Radziwills, were related to royal families from all over Europe: the Hohenzollerns, the Romanovs, the Habsburgs".
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries one of the largest libraries in Eastern Europe was part of the complex, containing the most important documents of the time. In 2005, Nesvizh Castle was included in the UNESCO world heritage list.
Name Nesvizh Castle
Location 
Niasviž
NiasvižState #belarus
Photo @madebyvadim
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