Lielstraupe Castle
Lielstraupe Castle is a castle in Straupe Parish, Cēsis Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was originally built by the von Rosen family in the 13th century and the village of Straupe began to develop around the castle in the 14th century, a large tower was added around 1600 and expropriated soon after.Photo: Juriskraulis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riebiņu Lake.
Riebiņu Lake
Photo: Guntars Mednis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riebiņu Lake is situated 3½ km north of Lielstraupe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Straupe and Plācis.
Straupe
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Straupe is a 14th-century village in the Latvian region of Vidzeme. It is best known for the two Livonian castles – the largest fort of the Livonians was also around here.
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Lielstraupe Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Castle in Latvia
- Categories: castle and tourism
- Location: Straupes pagasts, Cēsis Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.34727° or 57° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
24.94775° or 24° 56′ 52″ eastOpen location code
9G968WWX+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4341143962OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5764690
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Lielstraupe Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Ліелстраўпскі замак”
- Catalan: “Castell de Lielstraupe”
- Chinese: “利斯特勞普城堡”
- Estonian: “Lielstraupe loss”
- Finnish: “Klein Roop”
- Finnish: “Lielstraupen Linna”
- German: “Schloss Gross-Roop”
- German: “Schloss Groß-Roop”
- Latin: “Ropa”
- Latvian: “Lielstraupes pils”
- Lithuanian: “Lielstraupė”
- Malay: “Istana Lielstraupe”
- Russian: “Лиелстраупский замок”
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Highlights include Mazā pils and Straupes baznīca.
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