A Virtual Journey Through Historical Vilnius & New Trakai
Upon returning from battle in the Crimea, Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas settled the Karaites, both soldiers, and civilians (a total of 383 families) in a free area of the town of New Trakai between the two castles (the Peninsula Castle and the Island Castle) in 1398 […]
The belfry of the Cathedral Basilica (height – 57 m with the cross) is many-layered both from the historical and architectural viewpoint […]
Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania from 1253 to 1263, a ruler who created Lithuania’s statehood. The monument to him is erected in 2003 in front of New Arsenal that is today transformed into Lithuanian National Museum […]
New Trakai was the residence of Lithuanian Grand Dukes. In 1341-1342 Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis moved the residence from Old to New Trakai. Old Trakai, therefore, lost its defensive importance […]
Baily (courtyard) of Trakai Island Castle. The castle was built from the beginning of the 14th century to the beginning of the 15th century on three islands: swampy areas were filled with rock and gravel in order to create one single island […]
Vilnius Church of St. Archangel Raphael and the Jesuit Monastery stand at the Neris right riverside, nearby the Green Bridge, in the Šnipiškių suburb […]
The residential palace of Trakai Island Castle is comprised of two parallel corpuses that were joined by walls, as well as a defensive tower (dungeon) in the front. Shooting slots are created in the upper level of the tower and both corpuses […]
This church, established by the Franciscan Order before Lithuania’s Christianization, is one of the oldest buildings in Vilnius (first half of the 14th century) […]
The National Martynas Mažvydas Library was established in 1963 and is located next to the Parliament (Seimas) building at Gedimino Ave. 51 […]
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) was a famous Lithuanian Symbolist painter and composer as well as a pioneer of professional Lithuanian modern music. He lived in this building in Vilnius Old Town in 1907-1908 […]
The current Classicist Town Hall was designed by Vilnius Classicist architect Laurinas Gucevičius in 1785-1799 after the demolition in 1781 […]
