Baltadvaris Castle

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Baltadvaris Castle
Videniškiai, Molėtai district, Lithuania
Type	Renaissance
Built	16th century
In use
Demolished	late 17th century - 20th century
Current condition	the foundations and parts of some walls have survived

Baltadvaris Castle (Lithuanian: Baltadvario pilis) was a fortified manor, earlier sometimes classed as a bastion castle in Baltadvaris, near Videniškiai in Molėtai district, Lithuania.

The masonry castle with wooden fortifications was constructed by Swedes, in the 16th century in a peninsula surrounded by River Siesartis in order to secure the road from Vilnius to Riga from attacks from Livonia. It used to be the property of the princely Giedraičiai family. The neglected castle and fortifications gradually fell into ruins. Today only the foundations remain as well as parts of the walls of castle gates with several cellars.