Object description

The Mir Castle Complex is a historic fortified castle and a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus. It is located in the town of Mir, in the Kareličy District of the Hrodna voblast, at 53°27′4.46″N 26°28′22.80″E / 53.4512389°N 26.4730000°E / 53.4512389; 26.4730000, 29 kilometres north-west of another World Heritage site, Niasviž Castle. Mir Castle Complex is 164 metres above sea level. Erected in the 16th century in the late Polish Gothic style, it is one of the few remaining architectural monuments of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in contemporary Belarus.