I looked at the photo of this wonderful castle with great pleasure and immediately remembered a wonderful trip, however, back in April 1972, "Kaunas - Trakai - Vilnius"!!! The castle is really wonderful, still pleasant unforgettable memories!!! It's just a pity that now there is not such a friendly attitude towards us, Russians, as in those days. And all the same , I wish everyone : be healthy and happy always ❣️😘
Resuscitation of an ancient architectural monument by the method of its restoration - is it good or not? When a handsome castle rises from the ruins to our contemporary's delight - is it so bad? Which is better then, closer to the notorious architectural truth - Old Ladoga and the man-made revival of the citadel, or the Koporye fortress, where almost everything is its own, not "built up" by late reconstructions? These two fortresses, by the way, are located in the Leningrad region. And who should and can restore what has been destroyed by time or man: private or public initiative, or the state? Trakai, his castle, began to be restored at the beginning of the 20th century by a caring person. An ordinary person. He saved the remnants of Lithuanian history from barbaric looting by local residents, because ruins are brick, wood, and other materials. Later, the state joined. And it saved the castle, a monument not just of architecture, but also of the general current of the historical development of the Lithuanian state...