Galvė
Lake Galvė is a lake in Trakai, Lithuania. It is approximately 361 hectares in size, has 21 islands, and one of them houses Trakai Island Castle. Trakai Peninsula Castle is located on its southern shore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Ezeras Galve”, “Ežeras Galvė”, “Galvės Ežeras”, and “Ozero Galve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Užutrakis manor estate and Trakai Peninsula Castle.
Užutrakis manor estate
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Užutrakis Manor is a late 19th-century residential manor of the Tyszkiewicz family in Užutrakis, on the shore of Lake Galvė, opposite the famous Trakai Castle.
Trakai Peninsula Castle
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Trakai Peninsula Castle is one of the castles in Trakai, Lithuania. It is located on a peninsula between southern Lake Galvė and Lake Luka. Built around 1350–1377 by Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, it was an important defensive structure protecting Trakai and Vilnius, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, against attacks of the Teutonic Knights.
Karaim House of Worship - Knesset
Synagogue
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The Trakai Kenesa is a former Qaraite Jewish congregation and synagogue, or kenesa, located at 30 Karaimų Street, in Trakai, in the Vilnius County of Lithuania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Užutrakis and Totoriškės.
Galvė
- Category: body of water
- Location: Trakai, Vilnius County, Dzūkija, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Galvė” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Гальва”
- Belarusian: “Гальве”
- Belarusian: “Гальвэ”
- Catalan: “llac Galvė”
- Catalan: “Llac Galvė”
- Chuvash: “Гальве”
- Croatian: “Galvė”
- Estonian: “Galvė”
- German: “Galvesee”
- Hebrew: “אגם גאלבה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Galvė”
- Italian: “Galvė”
- Italian: “Lago Galvė”
- Japanese: “ガルヴェ湖”
- Lithuanian: “Galvė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galvė”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galve”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galvė”
- Norwegian: “Galvė”
- Polish: “Galwe”
- Polish: “Jezioro Trockie”
- Russian: “Гальве”
- Ukrainian: “Гальве”
- Venetian: “lago Galvė”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Galvė”
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