People say a castle cannot be built on sand. However, it was sand that Lida Castle was built on. In spite of its unsteady base the castle has been standing for 7 centuries. The castle protected its hosts throughout dangerous medieval epoch of intestine fights, resisted assaults of crusaders and raids of Tartars. Even after having been destroyed by the Swedes during North War the castle sheltered rebels headed by Tadeusz Koscuszka. Lida Castle was built in the 14th century.
