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{{Short description|Castle in Mir, Belarus}} {{expand Belarusian|date=February 2024|topic=struct}} {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Mir Castle Complex | Image = Комплекс Мирского замка.JPG | Location = [[Mir, Belarus]] | Criteria = Cultural: ii, iv | ID = 625 | Year = 2000 | Area = 27 ha | Coordinates = {{coord|53|27|4.46|N|26|28|22.80|E|type:landmark_region:BY|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Belarus | Website = {{URL|http://mirzamak.by/en/}} }} The '''Mir Castle Complex''' ({{langx|be|Мірскі замак|Mirski zamak}}; {{langx|ru|Мирский замок|Mirsky zamok}}; {{langx|pl|Zamek w Mirze}}; {{langx|lt|Myriaus pilies kompleksas}}) is a historic fortified castle and a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] in [[Belarus]].<ref>{{cite news|title=21 World Heritage Sites you have probably never heard of|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 February 2016|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10999939/21-World-Heritage-Sites-you-have-probably-never-heard-of.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> It is located in the town of [[Mir, Belarus|Mir]], in [[Karelichy District]] of [[Grodno Oblast]], {{nowrap|{{convert|29|km|mi}}}} north-west of another World Heritage site, [[Nesvizh Castle]]. Mir Castle Complex is {{nowrap|{{convert|164|m|ft}}}} above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elevationmap.net/cyrvonaarmiejskaja-vulica-mir-belarus?latlngs=%2853.451386,26.473441999999977%29|title = Cyrvonaarmiejskaja Vulica Mir Belarus on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Cyrvonaarmiejskaja Vulica Mir Belarus}}</ref> Erected in the 16th century in the late [[Brick Gothic]] style, it is one of the few remaining architectural monuments of the former [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in contemporary Belarus.
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