The two towers
Red ruins.
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Navahrudak Castle is a hilltop ruin in the town of Navahrudak in western Belarus, once one of the strongholds of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Only the remains of two brick towers still stand on the hill, but it is one of the best-known ruins in the country. The 16th-century historian Maciej Stryjkowski named it as the place where Mindaugas was crowned King of Lithuania, though Lithuanian historians see no evidence for this. It had a 14th-century stone tower like the one at Kamyanyets, and the Teutonic Knights attacked it in 1314. Grand Duke Vytautas added four stone towers, and by the 17th century the castle had seven. You see the remains of two tall towers of red brick and stone with broken walls, on a wide green grassy hill. A wooden scaffold for restoration stands near the ruins, dirt paths lead up, and from the top a view opens over the town, its white church and the plains around. It is about 400 metres from central Navahrudak and about 119 km from Minsk in a straight line. The hill is open for walking. The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Belarus, so read the current advice before any planning.
Red ruins.
Green grass.
Over the town.
Castle hill, Navahrudak, Belarus
A 16th-century historian said so, but other historians doubt it.
Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Belarus.