A Virtual Journey Through Historical Vilnius & New Trakai
The church was established in 1555 and was visited not only by the German merchants in Vilnius living around the Town Hall, but other inhabitants that had converted to Lutheranism used the Lutheran school, library, hospital, pharmacy, kindergarten, and homes for the elderly and orphans […]
Lithuanian National Museum (history & ethnology) is housed in the reconstructed 18-century building of the so-called New Arsenal […]
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 […]
