After visiting Asveja Regional Park, make sure to get to Dubingiai Castle. Walking along the cognitive trail, you will be able to admire the panorama of the longest, one of the deepest and largest lakes in Lithuania. In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the Dubingiai had already moved into the ownership of the Radvilos as a private holding. During the reign of Jurgis Radvila, they became the residential estate of the family. Archaeological research has excavated all the foundations of the palace, the earliest part of which dates back to the fifteenth century. Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis reconstructed the palace in the middle of the 16th century. After his death, until the beginning of the 17th century, no major construction works took place in Dubingiai castle site. In the winter of 1547-1548, after a secret wedding with King Žygimantas Augustas, Barbora Radvilaitė lived in Dubingiai manor for 5 months. At the beginning of the 17th century, at the initiative of Kristupas Radvila, the palace was reconstructed and significantly enlarged. The inventories of Dubingiai mention that a large house with an extention stood in this place, which was the main building of the castle. Historical sources mention that the roof of the building was covered with tiles, rooms with glass windows and white tiled stoves. There were three cellars in the palace: a prison, a treasury and a beer cellar. The luxury of the palace is evidenced by the heraldic tiles with Vytis and the monogram of Žygiantas Augustas found during the excavations, as well as fragments of window glass. Tiles with the symbol of the state were used only in the palaces of persons holding special positions, and at the beginning of the 17th century the windows were glazed only by wealthy nobles.

From the 17th to the 18th century, Dubingiai was destroyed several times by enemy armies, and the palace and church were destroyed and no longer rebuilt.

The surviving fragments of the Radvilos Palace, covered with a hood, are exhibited in the castle site.

There is also a place for 3 churches in the castle site. From the beginning of the 17th century, the aim was to turn the temple of Dubingiai evangelical reformers into a mausoleum of the Radvilos family. As the community of evangelical reformers collapsed, the building was not maintained and self-decomposed.

In 2009, a crypt was constructed on the site of these churches, in which 5 men and 3 women were reburied: Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis, Mikalojus Radvila Juodasis with his wife and other descendants of the Radvilos.

EXHIBIT OF THE REMAINS of THE RADVILOS PALACE (from 1st of May to 1st of October) (Dubingiai castle site)

Visiting time:

Mondays - Thursdays
For visits, call (8 383) 47222

Fridays 12 - 5 pm.
Saturdays - Sundays 11 am - 6 pm.

From October 1^st only with guide service when booking in advance. For this service, call (8 626) 53014.

Visiting price:

for an adult - 1 Eur / person.
for a student - 0.50 Eur / person.

For excursions, call (8 383) 47222; (8 626) 53014.