Klaipeda Castle

Klaipeda Castle, otherwise called Memelburg or Memel Castle, is an archeological site and exhibition hall housed in a mansion worked by the Teutonic Knights in Klaipeda, Lithuania, close to the Baltic Sea. The Teutons called the palace Memelburg or Memel, and Klaipeda was for the most part known as Memel until 1923, when Lithuanian military powers assumed control over the city. The chateau was first said in composed sources in 1252, and experienced ious devastations and re-developments in the hundreds of years that took after. Amid the nineteenth century, having lost its vital significance, the mansion was devastated.

Archeological work was performed at the site amid the twentieth century, and in 2002 an exhibition hall was set up underneath one of its bastions. As of now, the stronghold is being re-established. The development works are planned to complete until 2020. Amid the sixteenth century it was redesigned into a bastion, getting to be one of the primary such fortresses in the locale. Somewhere in the range of 1529 and 1559 the mansion experienced a redesign by French specialists. After its reproduction the stronghold had five towers related with the principle building.

The fundamental pinnacle likely had six stories and was around 15 meters in width. In 1629 the manor was crushed by Swedish assaults; it later endured significant fire harm. In 1757 the manor maintained serious harm amid a war with Russia. The last known recreation of the chateau was done in 1763. Amid the late eighteenth century the palace lost its military significance and fell into decay. It was in part destroyed and its parts and materials were sold by nearby specialists. Somewhere in the range of 1872 and 1874 the final structures were obliterated.