Trakai Castle

Trakai Castle

The Gothic-styled Trakai castle you see in web camera, was an important military and political center of Lithuania and was the starting point of Lithuanian statehood history. Back in the day, the Trakai castle online, was the capital of Lithuania and the house of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes. Many legends, stories and events are related with this castle. The place is situated in the west of Vilnius – surrounded by forests, lakes and hills. This pride of Lithuania is the only castle in Eastern Europe built on an island

Nowadays, the place in this online camera, is popular both with the tourists and the locals, who seek refuge from the city life and just want to walk around the beautiful parks, appreciate the architecture of the old times and take a yacht trip on one of the numerous lakes close to the castle. The castle in the live camera, is also a must-visit location for people interested in history and like mysterious locations.

Little known fact is that Trakai in the live broadcast, was a multicultural colony in the Middle Ages. Trakai online, is famous for being the home of the ethnic minority of Karaimes, who inhabited the area since the 14^th century. Their sanctuary, along with houses of Karaimes, have survived in Trakai.

Trakai

Trakai, where the webcam is located, is a beautiful small town surrounded by a lake, where the vibrant Trakai Festival takes place every July.

Trakai is located at a distance of 27 kilometers to the west from the capital of Lithuania – the city of Vilnius.

The city broadcasted online, was once the capital of the country. In the Middle Ages it was in the Trakai Castle in the webcam where the residence of the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was located.

A significant part of Trakai, where the live broadcast is conducted from, is an island about 2 km long, the northern point is located between Lake Luka in the east and Lake Totoriškių in the west. Lake Galve washes the fortress in the online live camera from the northern territory, there are 21 islands in total.

Trakai Castle, shown live, is located just on one of these islands. This is one of the frequently visited historical and architectural monuments of the Republic of Lithuania. Since 1962, the Historical Museum has been located on the premises of the citadel, state events, festivals and concerts have been organized.

Heading to the Trakai Castle in a live stream through the town of Trakai, you can also meet many interesting sights. For example, the Dominican monastery, which construction began in the 18th century, but due to lack of funds, its building was never completed. Today, the administration of the Trakai History Museum works in the monastery house.

A popular tourist attraction is the Užutrakis Manor, located on the territory of the Trakai National Historical Park, eight kilometers southeast of the city of Trakai.

Religious monuments in Trakai deserve attention: the Church of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Karaite residential houses, a Karaite ethnographic exhibition, Kenesa – a cult building of the Karaites and the pillar of St. John Nepomuk.

It is the Karaites mentioned above, as well as the Crimean Tatars – two nationalities inhabiting Trakai, that stand out from the rest. These small communities came to the territories in the online cam in the 14th century at the invitation of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vitovt. To this day, the city has preserved the unique historical and cultural heritage of the Karaites, including the Kenesa, the ethnographic museum and ancient cemeteries.

In the period from 1316 to 1323, during the reign of Grand Duke Gediminas, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was moved to Trakai with this web camera, and in 1441 the city received Magdeburg rights.

Today, the historical center of Trakai is protected by the Lithuanian State, in addition, the city has preserved old wooden buildings of historical and architectural value.

Baltic Live Cam shows several cam online scenes across Lithuania. The Vilnius Cathedral Square is equally as beautiful as the Kaunas Town Hall Square that is shown from the camera online above. Indeed, webcam Kaunas also shows the stunning St Michael the Archangel Cathedral as well as an impressive view of the Neman River.