About Sēlpils Castle

Fortifications, Historic, Interesting Places, Hillforts

Sēlpils Castle (Latvian: Sēlpils pils) is an ancient castle in Latvia. It was known as Castrum Selonum in Latin. It was built in place of an ancient Selonian hillfort (Sēlpils hillfort, Latvian: Sēlpils pilskalns), a military and political center of ancient Selonia, a land of the Balts. When the Livonian Order entered the land, they built a stone castle known as Selburg in German.

Today a village of Vecsēlpils ("old Sēlpils") ins located nearby. The ruins of the hillfort were on the left bank of Daugava near Vecsēlpils. After the construction of Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station and reservoir, the ruins are on an island.

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Salas novads, Zemgale, Latvija

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