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Seraya Shapshal Karaim Museum

Seraya Shapshal Karaim Museum

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Seraya Shapshal Karaim Museum

Name: Seraya Shapshal Karaim Museum
Rating: 2

Recommended by 15 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Trakų istorinis nacionalinis parkas

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Location: Vilnius County, Lithuania

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Cornelia Fuchs

July 16, 2024

The Crimean Karaites, a people speaking a Turkic languages, settled in Trakai in the end of the 14th century (1397-1398). The name of the people is derived from the Karaite faith which is based on the Old Testament and has Islamic elements. Most modern scientist regard them as descendants of the Karaite Jews (a sect which rejects the Talmud) who settled in the Crimea and adopted a Kypchak language with some local Kypchak converts. The Crimean Karaites like their Israeli Karaites belong to the Jewish faith but because of a historical technicality of Zarist Russia, they were considered as "Russian" by the Nazi and therefore exempt from the Holocaust.

The museum is located in the 1894 built Kenessa (meaning temple in the Karaites language): it was done up in 1903-04 and has not change visually since then. The locally famous pastry "Kibinai" is a Karaite dish.

Pierre

November 9, 2024

Please keep the area clean👍🏻

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Barbara & Andreas 🕊️

May 4, 2025

A worthwhile museum about this small, special ethnic group. Next door is the Kenessa, the Karaite prayer house.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C3%A4er

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Elevation 190 m

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Seraya Shapshal Karaim Museum

1. Varnikai Boardwalk Trail – Trakai Peninsula Castle Ruins loop from Trakai

2. Karaimų Street (Karaimų Gatvė) – View of Trakai Island Castle loop from Old Town

3. View of Trakai Island Castle – Karaimų Street (Karaimų Gatvė) loop from Trakai

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