| Page Views: 1,321 Last Visit to Trakai: August, 2002 | Nice castle in lovely nature by lotharlerch - last update: Feb 12, 2008 |
Trakai castle dates back to the first Lithuanian kings and is in its present shape an excellent reconstruction, one of the most visited sights of Lithuania. |
| Old Kenessa, the house of worship |
|  | The biggest Karaite community is living here The Karaites are Jews with Thora but without Talmud originating from Mesopotamia who were brought from the Turkish Empire to the kingdom of Lithuania in the Middle Ages. Today a group of a few hundreds is still living in Lithuania, most of them in Trakai |
Karaite houses Typical Karaite houses in Trakais main street | | |
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| Pros: | "A great place in attractive surroundings" | | Cons: | "already quite touristy" |
 Comments for lotharlerch about Trakai | | | | |
ginte Tue Dec 9, 2003 12:37 UTC
A nice picture of Trakai! Even I don't have such one :) | prleprle Sun Nov 9, 2003 14:33 UTC
Interesting notice about Karaites. Castle looks really attractive! | giedre Sat Aug 16, 2003 14:39 UTC
Nice pics.Hope you enjoyed time there.p.s.Lithuania had only one king Mindaugas who in 1253 became the first & the only Lithuanian king.Later Grand Duke Vytautas almost became a king(polish disturbed that.). |
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