Lithuanian Castles 2008

The State Cultural Reserve Directorate of Vilnius Castles has released the fourth issue of the annual journal "Lietuvos pilys" (Castles of Lithuania) - "Lietuvos pilys 2008" (Castles of Lithuania). The publication is supported by the Cultural Support Fund of the Republic of Lithuania.

State Cultural Reserve Directorate of Vilnius Castles, Vilnius, 2009, 144 p., illustrations.

CONTENTS:

Gintautas Zabiela: New Pages in the Research of Wooden Castles

Vytas Jankauskas: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Southern Lands of the Gediminids in the 14th-15th Centuries

Генадзь Семянчук: Деревянные замки Беларуси XIV-XVII веков (состояние изученности и исследовательские проблемы)

Genadzij Semiančuk: Issues in the Research of Wooden Castles in Belarus in the 14th-17th Centuries

Vidmantas Jankauskas: Iconographic Sources of Naugardukas Castle

Oksana Valionienė: Medieval Vilnius: Evolution of the Planning Structure in the 14th-15th Centuries

Jonas Satkūnas, Ramutis Bonifacas Mikšys, Vidas Mikulėnas, Vytautas Minkevičius: Geodynamic Processes in the Territory of Vilnius Castles: Slope Deformations

Dainius Michelevičius, Mantas Budraitis: Application of Georadar in Geophysical Research for Archaeological and Engineering Purposes

Saulius Sarcevičius: Secrets of the Valley of Songs

Rūtilė Pukienė: Wood Species of the Lower Castle of Vilnius in the 13th-16th Centuries

Stephen C. Rowell: What Early Written Sources Reveal about the Location of the Crooked Castle

Rūta Guzevičiūtė: Pre-Renaissance Clothing of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania