They all date back to the turn of the 13th century, as do remains of the first stone palace in the Old Hrodna Castle.
Casimir IV Jagiellon also favoured Hrodna over Lithuania's official capital.
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The next notable tenant of the castle was Stephen Báthory who envisaged Hrodna as the capital of his vast empire in Eastern Europe.
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The 13th-century keep of the castle belonged to a type of Belarusian defensive tower represented by the Tower of Kamyanyets.
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