Castle-site legend
Dubingiai Castle Site Legend
The Dubingiai Castle Site legend connects the Asveja peninsula with an island, the Radziwiłł crypt, Vytautas's castle, and the memory of hidden grandeur above Lithuania's longest lake.
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Legends about settlements and castles
Place names, vanished towns and old castles. A legendary account of a place’s beginning is not automatically a linguistic or historical fact.
Hillforts legend
Kernavė Hillforts Legend
The Kernavė Hillforts legend tells of Pajauta Valley, Lizdeika Hill, hidden roads, and an old capital whose soil preserves the memory of the beginning of the state.
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Legend of Raigardas Valley
The legend of Raigardas Valley tells of a rich city that sank into the earth, Perkūnas's wrath, underground bells, and the salty waters of Druskininkai.
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Crooked Castle Legend
The Crooked Castle legend tells of Vilnius's nearly invisible wooden castle, its burning, forgotten location, and the city's childhood hidden on the Hill of Three Crosses.
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