Bauska castle museum

Bauska Castle is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the city of . While originally a hill fort, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights built the castle in the fifteenth century, the palace was added in the sixteenth century, and restoration began in the nineteenth century.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle
  • Also known as: “Bauska Castle” and “Bauskas pils muzejs”
  • Address: Bauska, Bauskas novads, LV-3901

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. George’s Church, Bauska and Roman Catholic church in Bauska.

Church
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St. George's Church is a Latvian Orthodox church in , . In 1876 czarist authorities gifted a plot of land to the local Orthodox community which was established in 1856 and by 1881 numbered 95 people. is situated 630 metres east of Bauska castle museum.

Church
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is situated 680 metres northeast of Bauska castle museum.

Church
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Church of the Holy Spirit is a Lutheran church and the oldest existing building in , . Built between 1591 and 1594 for the needs of the city's Baltic German population. is situated 1 km northeast of Bauska castle museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Saulaine.

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is a town in , 66 km from and 20 km from the border, at the confluence of the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers where they form the Lielupe river.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Bauska castle museum.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Bauska castle museum.

Bauska castle museum

Latitude
56.4035° or 56° 24′ 13″ north
Longitude
24.17484° or 24° 10′ 29″ east
Open location code
9G86C53F+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1700867962
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q645898
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Bauska castle museum” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell de Bauska”
  • Catalan: “Museu del Castell de Bauskas”
  • Chinese: “包斯卡城堡”
  • Danish: “Bauska Slot”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Bauska”
  • Estonian: “Bauska ordulinnus”
  • French: “château de Bauska”
  • French: “Château de Bauska”
  • German: “Bauskas Pils”
  • German: “Burg Bauske”
  • German: “Schloss Bauska”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Bauska”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Bauska”
  • Latvian: “Bauskas hercoga pils”
  • Latvian: “Bauskas ordeņa pils”
  • Latvian: “Bauskas pils”
  • Latvian: “Bauskas viduslaiku pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Bauskės pilies muziejus”
  • Lithuanian: “Bauskės pilis”
  • Polish: “Muzeum zamku Bowskiego”
  • Polish: “zamek Bowski”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Bausce”
  • Polish: “zamek w Bowsku”
  • Russian: “Бауский замок”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Bauska”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Castillo de Bauskas”
  • Swedish: “Bauska slott”
  • Ukrainian: “Баускський замок”
  • Ukrainian: “Бауський замок”

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