1- Trakai Island
Castle in Lake Galvė. Trakai, Lithuania.
2- The castle is sometimes referred to as "Little Marienburg".
3- The construction of the stone castle was begun in the
14th century by Kęstutis, and around 1409 major works were completed by his son
Vytautas the Great, who died in this castle in 1430.
4- Trakai was one of
the main centres of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the castle held great
strategic importance.
5- During the 19th century, castle
reconstruction plans were prepared. Its original frescos were preserved and
copied by Wincenty Smokowski. The major portion of the reconstruction was
finished in 1961 in a
15th-century style.
6- Trakai
Island Castle is now a major tourist attraction.
7.- I liked that castle because, visit feel like making a
trip back in time to the Middle Ages and thus better understand how was the life
of our ancestors 600 years ago.
8.- By visiting this
site I remembered some places in my country. Cities and medieval castles are
also in Catalonia and in the cities of Montblanc (Tarragona) or Besalu
(Girona).
Antonio Milán
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