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	Brick castles of Lithuania
		Finished in 1409 the Island castle of Trakai was the strongest and the most magnificent castle in the Lithuanian State.
		The castle was constructed during the reign of the Grand Duke Gediminas (1316-1341) and granted to his son Kęstutis (Duke of Trakai 1337-1382).
		The monastery still stands in the place of the ancient castle, while the remains of the castle itself survived below the ground level only (photo from the Trakai Historical National Park site).
	viduramziu.lietuvos.net /pilys/murines-en.htm (713 words)

	Trakai
		The major attraction of Trakai is Trakai castle situated on island of Galve lake.
		Trakai is sometimes considered the old capital of Lithuania.
		After unsuccsessfull attempts to be crowned as the King of Lithuania in Trakai Castle, Duke Vytautas died and the castle was abandoned.
	www.bluelightimages.com /trakai.htm (146 words)

	TRAKAI: The Old Trakai
		The beginning to the Old Trakai was given by the castle whose area was 150 metres long and 130 metres width.
		The Old Trakai castle is mentioned in it as a brick one.
		They are mentioned in the cronicles of the XIV century and known as the capital of the Duke of Trakai and Samogitia Kestutis which had been transformed from the old Trakai.
	discovery.ot.lt /cfair98/trakai/tra_seni.htm (170 words)

	From Kaliningrad to Trakai
		But the geographical position of the castle was not enough safe and in 14th century prince Kestutis decided to build a new consolidated castle on half-island of Galve lake (New Trakai) and in 15th century the building of new island castle began which had became a residence for great Lithuanian princes.
		In 16th century Trakai little by little had lost his political importance and gave it to Vilnius.
		From 1323 Vilnius had become a capital again but Trakai remained to be an important economic and political center.
	www.enet.ru /eng/digitalKenig/exhibition/other/trakai (201 words)

	Trakai...and goodbye!
		On our way to Stakliskes, we stopped at Trakai to gawk at the castle and take some pictures.
		Jon took this picture of the former moat around Trakai castle.
		Below is a panorama taken from the footbridge to the castle -- scroll to the right to see it all.
	www.pildis.com /Lithuania2002/trakai.html (116 words)

	Trakai - Wikimedia Commons
		Ruins of the Trakai castle, a 1877 sketch by Napoleon Orda
		Trakai (Polish Troki) is a town and a lake resort in Lithuania.
		It is home to a reconstructed castle and many other historical landmarks.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Trakai (61 words)

	Lithuania in 1997
		Trakai Castle would be almost 500 years old so you can imagine how heavily it must have been restored to look like this now.
		Trakai was the capital of Lithuania in the 14th century.
		The Island Castle behind me is said to have been built around 1400 by the Grand Duke Vytaulas who extended Lithuanian control beyond Kursk in the east and almost to the Black Sea in the south (see Ukraine).
	berclo.net /page97/97en-lithuania.html (580 words)

	Optional Tours
		Trakai Castle and Museum is the only insular castle throughout Eastern Europe.
		Trakai, the former capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is located in the area of beautiful lakes.
		Trakai is also home of Karaites, a Turkic ethnic group practicing a religion akin to Judaism.
	www.pulmonologija.lt /IVIPC/op_tours.htm (1148 words)

	Trakai
		The Castle is home to the Trakai Historical Museum.
		Gediminas may have made Trakai his capital in the 1320's.
		The footbridge leads you to Karaimu gatve, the entrance to the Castle.
	www.geocities.com /zaaz813/trakai1a.html (75 words)

	Founding of Vilnius
		Shortly after returning to Trakai, he ordered a castle to be
		that time lived in his castle in Trakai.
		Gediminas was pleased with the words of the old priest.
	www.cs.pdx.edu /~davidf/lithuania/founding_vilnius.html (75 words)

	Trakai
		All that remained of the past glory of Trakai in the 19th century was the ruins of the castles.
		Trakai is encircled with a chain of castle hills.
		The New Trakai emerged on the shore of Lake Galve.
	neris.mii.lt /towns/trakai/trakai.html (1825 words)

	LITHUANIAN NATIONAL PARKS
		It was to the castle of Senieji Trakai that, according to old chronicles, the capital of Lithuania was transferred in the 14th century by the Grand Duke Gediminas.
		Trakai is a small town, its main attraction being the old part, notable for the wooden houses built by the Karaites, a tribe of Turkic people who were brought to Lithuania by Grand Duke Vytautas from the Crimea and who served as his bodyguards.
		The Trakai National Park was designated in 1992 to embrace the historic city of Trakai, some 25 kilometers outside Vilnius, and the forests, lakes and villages in its environs.
	www.tourism.lt /nature/parks/trakainp.html (412 words)

	InfoHub Forums - Trakai castle Lithuania
		The main landmark of the town is the famous insular Trakai Castle, situated on the island in the Galve Lake.
		The first attempts to restore practically ruined Trakai Castle were made at the end of the 19th century.
		When the capital was moved to Vilnius, Trakai lost its leading role in the political life of the country but retained its importance as the residence of the Dukes and a significant administrative, political and economical center of Lithuania.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4592 (523 words)

	Trakai Castle (Lithuania, Vilnius, Must see)
		Little by little, Old Trakai lost its significance and the castle, left in ruins by the crusaders, was neglected and left to decay.
		Trakai was destroyed in 1655 during the war with the State of Moscow.
		The Island and Peninsula castles, built in the 14th century, a period of war with the crusaders, were fortified at the turn of the l5th century.
	www.mytraveltip.com /cgi/page.cgi?aEtAdE3 (339 words)

	Trakai district municipality - Places of interest the town of Trakai and its surroundings
		Trakai Island Castle was the death-place of Grand Duke Vytautas.
		Church and monastery of Senieji Trakai, mound of Senieji Trakai (Birthplace of Grand Duke Vytautas), village of Senieji Trakai.
		It is not far from Trakai, on the eastern bank of Lake Galvė.
	www.trakai.lt /index.php?681188035 (814 words)

	Trakai Castle Travel Story and Pictures from Lithuania
		When I visited Trakai late March, it was still very cold, foggy weather, and parts of the lake were frozen.
		Trakai is a village built on a peninsula, surrounded by lakes on all sides.
		Vytautas himself constructed a castle on a small island in the lake where it was virtually impossible to conquer.
	www.traveladventures.org /continents/europe/trakai.shtml (248 words)

	Trakai Lithuania - In Your Pocket
		One of Lithuania's many former capitals, Trakai, located just 28km west of Vilnius, is a charmingly small settlement, strategically placed in the middle of five large lakes.
		There must be reason all roads seem to lead to Trakai in the summer, therefore we are pleased to break it down for you.
		It is a popular destination for locals seeking a little rest and relaxation by the water and tourists hoping to storm the infamous castle.
	www.inyourpocket.com /lithuania/trakai/en (159 words)

	Trakai info
		The two rectangular wings of the castle were connected by a nearly rectangular (9.2 by 9.6 metres) six-storey tower, which became the focal point of the castle.
		After a break, the restoration work was renewed, and the architects and the initiators of the castle restoration, Bronius Kruminis and Stanislovas Mikulionis (who worked from 1955 to 1987), built the angular tower in the bailey of the Island Castle, and this changed the volume and spatial composition of the whole castle.
		Due to its size, design and location in the castle, the assumption is that the ruler of the castle lived in it.
	www.trakai.com /info_en (159 words)

	Medieval Lithuania - Chronology 1283-1386
		, but the peninsular brick castle was destroyed, and Trakai lost its significance for the next 25 years.
		In 1337 the Crusaders built the castle of Bayerburg (or Bavarian Castle) on the Nemunas River, with the intention of making it the capital of a defeated Lithuania.
		In 1289 the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order seized Skalva, and built Ragaine castle at the Nemunas river.
	viduramziu.lietuvos.net /en/c1283.htm (159 words)

	Kestutis
		Kestutis, whose residence was Trakai, ca 25 kilometers from Vilnius, occupied the castle of Vilnius.
		Kestutis and Algirdas invaded Prussia, the territory of Semba, in 1370 and seized the castle of Rudava, 16 km north of Konigsberg.
		In 1370 Kestutis destroyed the castle of Vladimir taken by the Poles and drove the enemy from Volynia.
	www.pgm.lt /Istorija/Kestutis_en.htm (159 words)

	Trakai
		All that remained of the past glory of Trakai in the 19th century was the ruins of the castles.
		The Lithuanian annals certify that Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, build a castle there in 1321 and transfered the state capital to Trakai from Kernave, which is also located not far from Vilnius, on the river Neris.
		The lakes of Trakai and the insular castle are famous in legends.
	neris.mii.lt /towns/trakai/trakai.html (159 words)

	Trakai - free-definition
		During the reign of Kęstutis Naujieji Trakai was a place of intensive construction: one castle was built in the strait between lakes Galvė and Lukos, another one - on an island in lake Galve.
		The island castle was rebuilt in the second half of the 20th century.
		During the war with Russia in the 17th century the town was plundered and burnt, the castles were destroyed.
	www.free-definition.com /Trakai.html (159 words)

	Jenses photos :: Donata
		Gediminas really built a castle on that high hill and moved his residence from Trakai to Vilnius (1323).
		Castles built on these routes composed one of the most powerful complexes of castles in Central and Eastern Europe north of the Danube at the end of the 14th century.
		Lizdeika said to Gediminas: “Oh my Duke, Your dream means that you will build a castle on that hill and a big city will grow around your castle.
	jens.kollerupgaard.dk /gallery/lithuania?&page=6 (159 words)

	::: Lithuania Travel Guide :::
		The tour features the main architectural and historical monuments of the Old Town: the 13th century Castle, the Old Town Hall, nicknamed the "White Swan", the Archicathedral Basilica, the Church of St. Francis Xavier and the Jesuit monastery, Perkunas House and Vytautas Church.
		After breakfast the tour to Trakai, the former capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, visits the 15th century red-brick Gothic Castle amidst the lakes.
		In the exposition on display are the reconstruction models of Vilnius castles of the 14th-17th centuries, arms, iconography material.
	www.lithuaniatravelguide.com /tours/t_vilnius_city_break.html (159 words)

	A Lithuanian Legend
		And the priest told him: “What is destined for the ruler and the state of Lithuania, let it be: The iron wolf means a formidable castle and town which will be established by the ruler on this site.
		After the hunting trip, Gediminas went back to Trakai (the capital of Lithuania at that time) and consulted the pagan priest (oracle), Lizdeika, to reveal the secrets behind the dream.
		Now in the present time, the western tower of the upper Gediminas Castle still stands at the top of this hill in Vilnius.
	faculty-staff.ou.edu /A/Andre.L.Anderson-1/ltlegend.htm (159 words)

	LITHUANIA TRAVEL Sightseeing Tours Lithuania
		A pleasant 4-hour tour to Trakai, 28 km from Vilnius- the ancient capital of the Lithuanian Grand Principality, famous for its red-brick Gothic castle of the early 15th century, built as a mighty fortress against the Crusaders and later serving as the residence of Lithuanian Dukes.
		Kaunas city tour shows the the main attractions of the Old Town: Kaunas Castle, at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers - the Nemunas and the Neris where the town was founded, the Town Hall Square with the 15th-16th century merchants’ houses around and the 17th cent.
		Standing on an island in lake Galve, the Castle now houses an interesting museum relating a history of Lithuania, very famous in the times of the Grand Duke Vytautas when the country borders were stretching from the Baltics till the Black Sea.
	www.scantours.com /sightseeing_tours_lithuania.htm (159 words)

	From the Balkans to the Baltics
		On an island in the middle of one of the largest, at the city of Trakai, there is an impressive castle that dates back to the time of the Teutonic Knights.
		Not far from here, in fact, is Orava Castle, an imposing medieval fortress on a hill, guarding the river access to the region.
		Elsewhere on the castle grounds there's an area where concerts can be held, with a backdrop of the castle outer wall.
	jophan.org /eurodiary4 (159 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		The soldiers, who guarded the castles and were the bodyguards of the Grand Duke, and civilians, who were mainly artisans and farmers.
		The castle was used as a prison, then reduced to ruins in the war against Russia (1655-1660).
		Inside the castle is a museum that traces its history as well as the history of the Grand Duchy.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=9776&archive=true (624 words)

	Lithuania
		He wrote that in 1337, during the battle at Bajerburg castle (near Veliuona), Tilman Zumpach, head of the riflemen of the Crusaders, used a flaming lance to burn the Lithuanian flag, before mortally wounding the Duke of Trakai.
		It was officially hoisted on Gediminas Castle Tower in Vilnius for the first time after the war, at 10:00 on October 7, 1988.
		On November 18 at the tenth session of its eleventh convention, the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR was forced to change a chapter of the Constitution, and to grant the yellow-red-green flag the status of State flag.
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/lt.html (624 words)

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