Minsk Castle
Ruins of the Minsk Castle (drawing by J. Drazdowicz)
Sandvich18/sandbox is located in Belarus
Sandvich18/sandbox
Location within Belarus
General information
TypeCastle
Town or cityMinsk
CountryBelarus
Coordinates53°54′28″N 27°33′6″E / 53.90778°N 27.55167°E / 53.90778; 27.55167
Construction startedMid-11th century
DestroyedEarly 19th century
Mid-20th century

Minsk Castle (Belarusian: Мінскі замак) was a wooden defensive structure located in Minsk and built in the mid-11th century on the right bank of the Svislach River, near the mouth of the Nyamiha River. Almost completely destroyed in the early 19th century, it was eventually leveled by Soviet authorities in the 1950s.