Homel Castle, Castle and museum complex in Gomel, Belarus.

Homel Castle was a wooden-and-earth defensive and administrative structure on the high right bank of the Sozh River, where the Gomiya stream joins it. It existed from the 16th to the 18th century. In plan it was an elongated oval about 200 m long and 90 m wide, covering roughly 1.3 ha, with a perimeter of fortifications around 460 m. A moat 30–35 m wide separated it from the town, and a secret underground passage led to the Sozh for water during sieges.

The castle was a wooden-and-earth defensive and administrative complex of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from the 16th to the 18th century. In June 1535, an army led by hetman Yuri Radziwill besieged it; the voivode Dmitry Shchepin-Obolensky fled, and the remaining inhabitants surrendered the castle. It was later repaired, and in 1557 its garrison was increased to 200 men. In the early 19th century, the Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace was built on its site.

The castle site is where the Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace now stands, built in the early 19th century. The name Homel comes from the Hamiejuk stream at the confluence with the Sozh. The castle's wooden walls were coated with clay to prevent rot and fire, and a secret underground passage led to the Sozh for water during sieges.

The castle site occupies the high right bank of the Sozh at the mouth of the Hamiejuk stream, in the centre of Gomel. The wooden-and-earth castle itself no longer stands: the palace of the Rumyantsevs-Paskeviches was built on its place at the beginning of the 19th century, so look for the outline of the old defences in the terrain around the later palace and park.

The castle's defences included a secret underground passage leading to the Sozh, used to draw water during sieges. The ramparts were coated with clay to a considerable height, protecting the timber from rot and fire. The site was an elongated oval about 200 m long and 90 m wide, roughly 1.3 ha, cut off from the town by a moat 30–35 m wide.