Halshany Castle
Halshany or Holszany Castle (
The current structure was built about 1610 by
Also known as the Black Castle (although it is built of red
The castle and the surrounding estates were devastated, robbed and looted, twice: by the invading
Later during the 18th century the castle with its estate diminished by creditors passed to the Żaba family, to be sold to the Korsak family with the estate further diminished by the creditors. The last Polish landlords. the Korsaks, sold, in the last quarter of the 19th century, the castle to a Russian landlord, Gorbanyov, who had the castles' towers pulled down in 1880, but in 1880s, according to the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, there were still 2 floors occupied with some of the wall paintings visible.
In 2018 the government-funded restoration of the northern tower started.[1]
An annual tournament is held near its walls each summer.
References
- ^ "Было — стало. Как изменились известные замки и дворцы Беларуси после реставрации?". Archived from the original on 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
Further reading
- М.А. Ткачоў, I.М. Чарняўскі. Збор помнікаў гісторыі і культуры Беларусі: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk, 1986.
- Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich. (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland), Warszawa : nakł. Filipa Sulimierskiego i Władysława Walewskiego, 1880-1914, Volume III (1882), p. 102-103.
External links
- Halshany Castle page at radzima.org
- Halshany Castle page at globus.tut.by (in Russian)
- International Festival Golshany Castle 2010 (video) on the Official Website of Belarus Archived 2020-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Charity account opened for Halshany Castle (in Russian)