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Dundaga Castle
Dundaga Castle in Kurzeme is the largest and best-preserved medieval castle in North Kurzeme. Built in 1249 by the Archbishopric of Riga and later acquired by the von Osten-Sacken noble family, this massive stone fortress underwent numerous reconstructions following devastating fires and military sieges. Dundaga Castle is world-famous in Latvian folklore for the legend of the Green Lady, a young maiden entombed alive within the castle walls for inadvertently witnessing a secret subterranean wedding of the dwarf king. Guests staying in its hotel rooms and guides in its vaulted halls regularly report sightings of her green-robed phantom.