Biržai Castle
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Biržai Castle is in Biržai, Lithuania. Construction of bastion type castle started in 1586 by the order of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł. Major castle building works were finished in 1589. Since the second half of the 17th century the castle has been main seat of the Biržai-Dubingiai Radziwiłł family line, which was transferred here from the Dubingiai Castle. Biržai Castle served as major defensive structure during the wars with Sweden.
Today, reconstructed in 1980s from ruins in the Renaissance-Baroque style, the residential manor of the castle houses a library and a regional history museum "Sėla" (literally Selonia), founded in 1928.
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