Kaunas Castle

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castle cultural heritage monument medieval fortress

Kaunas Castle is a historic Gothic defensive fortress in Kaunas, Lithuania, notable as one of the country’s oldest stone castles and a key medieval stronghold.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kauno pilis 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
attackedBy Teutonic Order ⓘ
builtFor defensive purposes ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
destroyedIn 1362 ⓘ
function defensive fortress ⓘ
hasNearby Kaunas Cathedral Basilica ⓘ
Town Hall of Kaunas ⓘ
surface form: Kaunas Town Hall

Santaka Park ⓘ
hasPart defensive walls ⓘ
inner courtyard ⓘ
moat ⓘ
round tower ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation Cultural Heritage Object of National Significance in Lithuania ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
inception 14th century ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Lithuanian ⓘ
locatedIn Kaunas ⓘ
Kaunas Old Town ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kaunas ⓘ
surface form: Kaunas City Municipality

Kaunas County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedNextTo Nemunas River ⓘ
Neris River ⓘ
locatedOn confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
officialName Kaunas Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kauno pilis
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Kaunas City Museum ⓘ
owner Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kaunas Old Town ⓘ
surface form: Kaunas Old Town ensemble
significance important medieval stronghold in Lithuania ⓘ
one of the oldest stone castles in Lithuania ⓘ
significantEvent Teutonic Order siege of 1362 ⓘ
touristAttractionType architectural monument ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
usedBy Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaunas → hasLandmark → Kaunas Castle ⓘ
Kaunas County → hasLandmark → Kaunas Castle ⓘ
Kaunas Castle → officialName → Kaunas Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kauno pilis