TRAKAI PENINSULA CASTLE

The wall and the tower of the castle

'Trakai Peninsula Castle' is in Trakai, Lithuania. The castle was built in the 14th century by Kęstutis, the Duke of Lithuania in the peninsula of the southern shore of Lake Galvė. The castle is undergoing restoration; some of the walls and towers remain. There is an exposition of sacred art, set up in the former chapel of a Dominican cloister, now forming a part of the castle's ensemble, which was established there in 1678 by the initiative of the Voivod of Trakai Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński.
Panorama of the castle from east


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See also

See also



★ Trakai Island Castle

★ Old Trakai Castle

★ List of castles in Lithuania

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