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20 Roubles The Radziwills' Castle. Nesvizh
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ Ag 925 2004 ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ (Translation: Republic of Belarus Ag 925 2004 20 Roubles) |
| Reverse description | The central field features a detailed relief depiction of the Corpus Christi Church of the Radziwills' Castle in Nesvizh, rendered in an architectural engraving style characteristic of Belarusian commemorative issues. At the top of the coin, the inscription ПОМНIКI АРХIТЭКТУРЫ БЕЛАРУСI (Belarusian Architectural Monuments) arcs along the upper rim, accompanied by the date range ХVI–XVII denoting the construction period. Along the lower rim, the inscriptions ЗАМАК РАДЗІВІЛАЎ (Radziwills' Castle) and НЯСВІЖ (Nesvizh) identify the subject, all lettered in Cyrillic script. |
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Nesvizh Castle served as the primary seat of the Radziwiłł family for nearly four centuries — one of the most powerful magnate dynasties in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The castle was seized and looted repeatedly, by Swedish forces during the Northern Wars, by Napoleon's army in 1812, and finally stripped of its remaining treasures by Soviet authorities after World War II. Belarus launched its architectural heritage coin series in the early 2000s partly as a deliberate nation-building exercise, asserting ownership over a history shared — and contested — with Poland and Lithuania.
UNESCO inscribed Nesvizh on the World Heritage List in 2005, one year after this coin's issue date.