So, did there used to be a castle there?
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.
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Damn, we really castle-shaming in the Year Of Our Lord 2026? 😭
It just looks like a guard tower and walls. Just saying.
It was built on plain ground and was designed for flank defence... It is the largest enclosure type castle in Lithuania, and one of the largest castles in Central and North-Eastern Europe...
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From the late 15th century onwards, the castle was gradually abandoned following a series of fires, the most significant of which occurred in the early 16th century...
During the 17th–18th centuries it was reorganized into a farm and a bakery...
In 1812, Medininkai Castle was occupied by the Grande Armée retreating from Moscow, during the failed French invasion of Russia. The wooden buildings were demolished and burned in the winter to provide warmth for the French troops...
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In the middle of the 20th century... The reconstruction of the donjon was supported by the Lithuanian-American Society of Engineering Architects (PLIAS). After the castle's restoration, its museum currently exhibits large collection of items...
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