In June 1812, Napoleon’s soldiers crossed the River of Nemen and entered the territory of the Russian Empire including New Trakai and Vilnius as well […]
Category: Lithuania
A School of Karaites in New Trakai
The Karaites (Qaraites/Karaims) are the descendants of a Turkic tribe Kipchak, who were brought to Trakai in 1398 by Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great […]
Karaite Kenessa in New Trakai
A Karaite place of worship in New Trakai already stood in this place in the early 15th century. It was also wooden, as it is today, and burned down several times in history […]
Bailey of Trakai Island Castle
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 […]
Residential Palace at Trakai Island Castle
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 […]
National Martynas Mažvydas Library
The National Martynas Mažvydas Library was established in 1963 and is located next to the Parliament (Seimas) building at Gedimino Ave. 51 […]
Tyzenhauzų Str. building in Vilnius
The historical building in Tyzenhauzų Str. in Vilnius […]
Water-Sport Facilities of The Trakai Historical National Park’s Lakes
The Trakai Historical National Park is covering 8.200 hectares with 30+ lakes which are favorable for swimming in the summertime […]
The Trakai Peninsula Castle
Lithuanian Grand Duke Kęstutis (1345-1377 & 1381-11382) begin building the Trakai Peninsula Castle in the mid-14th century […]
Vileišis Estate
Vileišis estate is located at Antakalnio St. 4, across the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vilnius[…]
Lithuania – Geographical Center of Europe
In 1992 the French National Geography Institute carried out new calculations, according to which, the geographical centre of Europe is located 25 km to the North from Lithuania’s capital Vilnius […]
