Latvia
South Kurzeme Municipality
Aizpute

Aizpute Castle

Aizpute Castle is a Livonian Order castle in the town of in the historical region of , in western . It was heavily damaged during the Second Northern War. Since 1998, the castle ruins are a Latvian historical monument.
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Photo: Joostik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle ruin in Latvia
  • Also known as: “Aizputes pils ar nocietinājuma mūri”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church Hill in Aizpute and Church of Saint John in Aizpute.

Archaeological site
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 280 metres east of Aizpute Castle.

Church
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is situated 260 metres east of Aizpute Castle.

Church
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is situated 580 metres east of Aizpute Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rokasbirze and Padure.

Village
Photo: J. Sedols, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: J. Sedols, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Aizpute Castle.

Aizpute Castle

Latitude
56.721° or 56° 43′ 16″ north
Longitude
21.59521° or 21° 35′ 43″ east
Open location code
9G83PHCW+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 967057690
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q4699438
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Latvian—“Aizpute Castle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Aizpute”
  • Estonian: “Aizpute ordulinnus”
  • German: “castrum Asenputten”
  • German: “Ordensburg Hasenpoth”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Aizpute”
  • Latvian: “Aizputes ordeņa pils”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lapka Hemp and Aizputes vīna darītava.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aizpute Castle”. Photo: Joostik, CC BY-SA 3.0.