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Birzse
Duke Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł “The Thunderbolt” (1547-1603) built a modern fortress from 1575 to 1589, raising embankments, a palace, an Evangelical Reformist church, an arsenal, grain storage buildings and warehouses, barracks and other facilities. The castle was destroyed by Swedes in 1625 and again in 1704.
Biržai (Birsen (German), Birże (Polish), Birzhai (Биржай, Russian – pre-1917 Биржи), and בירז/Birz or Birzh (Yiddish). First mention in literature: 1455
