Lithuanian Castles and Palaces

[Spheno]

In this thread, please post pictures and descriptions of Lithuanian Royal Castles, Palaces and Buildings.

Last week I took few pictures in Palanga.


Tyszkiewicz Palace (now the Palanga Amber Museum), built for Counts Tyszkiewicz

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Trakai Castle is around 28km outside Vilnius.

 

[An Ard Ri]

It was a major fortress in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania but had fallen into a ruin by the 19th century when it was thankfully salvaged and reconstructed and is now a large tourist attraction.

 

[Mary Sims]

Thank you for the lovely pictures, Spheno. Have you ever researched Lithuanian nobility, registered in St. Petersburg during the Russian reign? Families who owned property & serfs were required to register.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Panemune Castle is located in the Jurbarkas district in Lithuania.
It was the residence of the Hungarian nobles.
http://www.alamy.com/panemune-castle-in-vytenai-image366721263.html

 

[An Ard Ri]

Panemune Castle is located in the Jurbarkas district in Lithuania.
It was the residence of the Hungarian nobles.
http://www.alamy.com/panemune-castle-in-vytenai-image366721263.html

It once was a Castle of the Teutonic Knights and later was a Salesians monastery but the monks were evicted by Communists in the late 1940's and now forms part of the belongs to the Vilna Art Academy.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Palace of Grand Dukes in Vilnius, Lithuania
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-palace-of-grand-dukes-59387153.html