Pishchalauski Castle
| Pishchalauski Castle | |
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Пищаловский замок | |
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| Alternative names | Pischalauski Castle Piszczalauski castle |
| General information | |
| Location | Valadarskaha Street Minsk, Belarus |
| Coordinates | 53°53′56″N 27°32′52″E / 53.89889°N 27.54778°E |
| Completed | 1825 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pishchala |
Pishchalauski Castle (Belarusian: Пішчалаўскі замак), also spelled Pischalauski Castle, is a castle in Minsk, Belarus. The castle is also sometimes called the Belarusian Bastille.[1] It is a registered state architectural monument.[2]
The castle was built in 1825. It formerly served as a prison. The architect was named Pishchala.[2] The castle was the site of the imprisonment of Belarusian writer Yakub Kolas from 1908 to 1911.[1]
In 2008 the castle was in use as a pre-trial detention center:
Pishchalauski Сastle in Valadarski Street in Minsk, where a pre-trial detention center is situated, is crumbling. One of these days a part of the building where among other offenders political prisoners are kept, has collapsed.[3]
A portion of one the castle's four towers collapsed in April 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Tower collapses in "Belarusian Bastille"". BelePAN. April 22, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ a b Pischalauski Castle, at BelarusGuide.Com
- ^ Charter97.Org news 4/20/2008
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