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Eastern Tower of Trakai Peninsula Castle
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Bike Vilnius Velotakas
May 24, 2020
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Did you know? The Trakai Peninsula Castle, called the Great Castle, is located in Trakai, 0.1 km north of the beginning of Karaimų Street, at the end of Kęstučio Street, on the peninsula between Galvė and Bernardinai Lakes, Trakai Island and the Peninsula Castles Cultural Reserve. In the northern part of the promontory there is a tree-covered mountain called Sacrifice. On the western and south-western sides, the castle is separated from the city by a surviving defensive moat-fosa. In the territory of the castle there is a 19th century. fragments of a mid-planted park.
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•Cornelia Fuchs
July 16, 2024
Hiking
The Southern tower is the largest and best-preserved of Trakai Peninsula Castle.
Built around 1350–1377 by Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, Trakai Peninsula Castle was an important defensive structure protecting Trakai …
Built around 1350–1377 by Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, Trakai Peninsula Castle was an important defensive structure protecting Trakai …
Cornelia Fuchs
July 16, 2024
Hiking
Built around 1350–1377 by Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, Trakai Peninsula Castle was an important defensive structure protecting Trakai and Vilnius, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, against attacks of …
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