Königsberg Castle
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Königsberg Castle was the seat of the grand masters of the Teutonic Order and of the dukes and kings of Prussia in the city of Königsberg. The original fortress on the site was built by the Teutonic K
Königsberg Castle, 1895
Excavations at the castle site, January 2018. The House of Soviets is in the background.
West face
South face
The House of Soviets was an unfinished building in the center of the city of Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia. It was a 21-storey building, 50 meters in length. Residents of the c
Königsberg Castle
…destroyed in 1968. Königsberg and the surrounding territories of East Prussia had become Kaliningrad Oblast, a part of the Soviet Union, in 1946. The House of Soviets was built where the castle had stood, but the building was never completed and remained unused for decades before it was torn down in 2024. After…
The unfinished shell of the building in 2002
After 2005 paint job
The demolition of the building's upper floors in October 2023.