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Cesis Castle
One of the most iconic and best preserved medieval castles in Latvia. The foundations of the castle were laid 800 years ago (1213 or 1214) by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The most prosperous period Cēsis Castle experienced was during its next owners, the Teutonic Order. It became one of the key administrative and economic centers of the Teutonic Order in Livonia and was a seat of Landmeister in Livland. The first serious damage was done to the castle during the Livonian War, when it was besieged by the army of Ivan the Terrible. In the course of the siege of 1577 approximately 300 people within the castle committed mass suicide by blowing themselves up with gunpowder. Cēsis Castle was still in use during the following century but it fell into disuse after the Great Northern War. Major conservation and refurbishment works within the site were undertaken starting from 1930s when it became popular as a tourist attraction.
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