Gediminas Castle information

Gediminas Castle is the name applied to: Gediminas Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania Lida Castle in Lida, Belarus This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Poland, Hungary and Bohemia. Gediminas was born in about 1275. Because written sources of the era are scarce, Gediminas' ancestry, early life, and assumption...

Trakai Castle was a castle in Senieji Trakai (literally: Old Trakai), Lithuania. The first enclosure-type brick castle was built by Grand Duke Gediminas, who...

part of the castle complex, which was built on the top, is known as the Upper Castle. The hill on which it is built is known as the Gediminas Hill, whose...

castle was built in a hollow area after deforestation. According to the Lithuanian Chronicle, Senieji Trakai was established by Grand Duke Gediminas who...

and Gediminas' Cap, circa 1548 A 1568 Lithuanian coin of Grand Duke Sigismund II Augustus with Gediminas' Cap, horseman and Columns of Gediminas One of...

Gediminas Hill Lift (Lithuanian: Keltuvas į Gedimino kalną) — an inclined lift in up the slope of the Gediminas Hill, Vilnius, Lithuania. Opened in 2003...

dated 24 July 1918. Gediminas(in Lithuanian). Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. Gudavičius, Edvardas. "Gedimino kepurė" [Gediminas' Cap]. Visuotinė lietuvių...

The Columns of Gediminas or Pillars of Gediminas (Lithuanian: Gediminaičių stulpai, lit. 'Pillars of the Gediminids'; Belarusian: Калюмны, romanized: Kaliumny...

choosing a Russian metropolite. "National Museum of Lithuania: History of Gediminas Castle Tower ". Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. "Вильнюсский...

Gediminas Avenue (Lithuanian: Gedimino prospektas) is the main street of Vilnius, where most of the governmental institutions of Lithuania are concentrated...

ruins of a major fortified residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Gediminas and Algirdas) in the village of Kreva, Belarus. The village lies 220 metres...

amount of time. In the early 14th century, his reputation outshone that of Gediminas, who is regarded by modern historians as one of the greatest Lithuanian...

Vilnius Upper Castle Old Town, Vilnius Also known as Gediminas Castle. Ruins. It is considered part of Vilnius Castle Complex and includes Gediminas' Tower....

depicted Vilnius Cathedral and its belfry, Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas, Gediminas Castle and the Hill of Three Crosses. All these objects are considered...

nephew of Gediminas' son-in-law Wenceslaus of Płock. At the time Boleslaw was fourteen years old and was betrothed to Eufemija, daughter of Gediminas. Liubartas...

years. Vilnius Cathedral would be overshadowed by the palace, and the Gediminas' Tower would not be visible from the side of the cathedral. Also it was...

During Gediminas's rule as grand duke of Lithuania, the war intensified on the northern and western borders with the Teutonic Order. Gediminas allied...

Vytautas. Columns of Gediminas Gediminas, an imaginary portrait Mindaugas, from a medieval chronicle Vytautas the Great with Gediminas' Cap, painted in circa...

Vilnius Old Town elderate near Gediminas Hill and Gediminas Tower, and is part of the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles, established in 1997. The park...

world. Therefore, Gediminas, obeying the will of the gods, built two castles - the Lower Castle in the valley, and the Crooked Castle on the Bald Hill...