Upon returning from battle in the Crimea, Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas settled the Karaites, both soldiers, and...
Trakai
New Trakai was the residence of Lithuanian Grand Dukes. In 1341-1342 Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis moved the...
Baily (courtyard) of Trakai Island Castle. The castle was built from the beginning of the 14th century...
The residential palace of Trakai Island Castle is comprised of two parallel corpuses that were joined by...
The Trakai Historical National Park is covering 8.200 hectares with 30+ lakes which are favorable for swimming...
The castle, built on an island in Lake Galvė, is a unique Gothic defensive complex, able to...
30 km west of Vilnius the town of New Trakai, its reconstructed immense Lake Galvė Island Castle,...
The park was designed by famous French landscape designer Édouard François André who designed more than 100...
The Neo-Classicist palace was built in 1896 based on a design by architect Jozef Hus in the...
The Karaites (Qaraites/Karaims) are the descendants of a Turkic tribe Kipchak, who were brought to Trakai in...
