Old Trakai. Story begins in ancient Trakai Trakai, for a small village located three kilometers away, which will pass through when traveling to Trakai from Vilnius by train. Legend has it that Old Trakai founded the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. It is believed that this was the fourteenth century the first half. For the first time in written sources in the area, referred to in 1337 chronicler of the Teutonic Order Vygandas Marburg Chronicle. XIV century the second half of the Saint. Trakai castle has stood on a stone. 1345 - 1382 in owned it lived here and Trakai emaitija Duke Gediminas son Kestutis. About 1350 birthplace of the most famous ruler of medieval Lithuania Vytautas (1392 - 1430, the Lithuanian Grand Duke).

XIII - XV centuries Lithuania had to fight a lot. The most dangerous enemy of the Teutonic (Crusaders) Order. Old Trakai Castle - struggles with the Crusaders, a witness. 1391 The castle was demolished and nebeatstatyta. After the construction of the New Trakai Castle, Trakai castle lost its old meaning and not atstatinėjama. Today, instead of seeing the nineteenth century At the end of neo-gothic church built. They rest on the wall in 1405 Benedictine monks built the foundations of the church. 1998 Trakai Historical National Park has launched a project of Vytautas the Great Road.