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| Minsk Castle | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ruins of the Minsk Castle (drawing by J. Drazdowicz) | |
  Location within Belarus | |
| General information | |
| Type | Castle |
| Town or city | Minsk |
| Country | Belarus |
| Coordinates | 53°54′28″N 27°33′6″E / 53.90778°N 27.55167°E |
| Construction started | Mid-11th century |
| Destroyed | Early 19th century Mid-20th century |
Minsk Castle (Belarusian: Мінскі замак) was a wooden defensive structure located in Minsk and built in the mid-11th century on the right bank of the Svislach River, near the mouth of the Nyamiha River. Almost completely destroyed in the early 19th century, it was eventually leveled by Soviet authorities in the 1950s.