Castle of Mir, UNESCO WHS (1994)- world cultural monument ,a fifteenth-century Gothic-style building with a rich history. The castle stayed in the hands of the Sviatopolk-Mirski family, passed down in generations, until 1939. When the Nazis arrived in Mir Belarus, they occupied the building and turned the building into a ghetto to house the local Jewish population. The castle was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000 for being an excellent example of a central European castle and to preserve this cultural monument for future generations.
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