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Kuressaare Castle
Kuressaare linnus
Kuressaare, Estonia
Kuressaare Castle is located in Estonia
Kuressaare Castle
Kuressaare Castle
Coordinates58°15′00″N 22°29′00″E / 58.25°N 22.48333°E / 58.25; 22.48333
TypeCastle
Site history
Built1380s (possibly earlier) (1380s (possibly earlier))
Built byBishop of Ösel–Wiek (Saare-Lääne)

Kuressaare Castle (Estonian: Kuressaare linnus; German: Schloss Arensburg), also Kuressaare Episcopal Castle (Estonian: Kuressaare piiskopilinnus), is a castle in Kuressaare on Saaremaa island, in western Estonia.

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