Dubingiai Castle

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Dubingiai Castle remains in the island, 1870 drawing by Napoleon Orda

Dubingiai Castle was a residential castle in Dubingiai, Molėtai district, Lithuania.

The first masonry castle was constructed by Vytautas in the beginning of the 15th century in the island of the Lake Asveja, which is now a peninsula. It was acquired by Radvilos family before 1508. Barbara Radziwiłł has spent 5 months in the castle after her marriage with Sigismund Augustus in 1547. Dubingiai Castle has been the main seat of Biržai-Dubingiai line of Radvilos family until the second half of the 17th century, when it was transferred to the Biržai Castle. The neglected castle and church gradually fell into ruins. At present only foundations and some cellars of the castle and the church are preserved.

The most prominent members of Radvilos family have been interred in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Dubingiai, which was intended to be the mausoleum of the family. They include Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1565) and his wife Elżbieta Szydłowiecka (1562), Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1584) and Janusz Radziwiłł (1620). Their remains were discovered during the archaeological research in 2004.