A view of the castle from the bridge to Karvine island
Full view of the rebuilt castle
Left pillon of the island castle
Right pillon of the island castle
The old post office building
Stella built to the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas
A typical triple-windowed wooden Karaim house
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The first settlements in this area appeared at least in 1 millennium A.D. The town as well as its surroundings started developing in the 13th century as The Grand Duchy of Lithuania centre. According to cronicles, Grand Duke Gediminas after a successful hunt found a beautiful place not far from the then capital Kernave and decided to build a castle here. That is how a new castle was built in Senieji Trakai which at that time was called Trakai. The town of Trakai was first mentioned in German chronicles in 1337, which is regarded to be the of ...
The town is located 28 km west of Vilnius. There are 200 lakes in the region, of which the deepest (46.7 m) is Galvė with its 21 islands. Galvė covers an area of 3.88 km², Vilkokšnis lake - 3.37 km², the lake of Skaistis - 2.96 km². There are Trakai Historical National Park and Aukštadvaris Regional Park founded in the territory of the region.
Trakai Historical National Park was founded in April 23, 1991 to preserve Trakai as a centre of Lithuanian statehood as well as its authentic nature. It is the only historical national pa ...
