Lithuanian Castles 2009

The Directorate of the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles has released the fifth issue of the annual journal "Lietuvos pilys" (Castles of Lithuania) - "Lietuvos pilys 2009." (Castles of Lithuania 2009).

Directorate of the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles, Vilnius, 2010, 188 p., illustrations.

CONTENTS:

Vytas Jankauskas: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Eastern Borderlands of the Gediminids in the 14th century - at the beginning of the 15th century

Vidmantas Jankauskas: The iconography of Kreva Castle: between romanticism and documentation

Gediminas Vaitkevičius: Introductory thoughts about the Crooked Town

Gintautas Rackevičius: Research on the territories of the residences of the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Vilnius Castle in 2002-2009

Birutė Rūta Vitkauskienė: Maintenance and conservation of Vilnius Upper Castle in the late 19th century - early 20th century according to periodicals

Edita Povilaitytė: Iconography of the Vilnius Upper Castle: from documentary fixation to visions

Linas Girlevičius: Defense of the southern approaches of Vilnius Castles at the end of the 15th century - at the beginning of the 16th century

Eduardas Remecas: Coin complexes found while researching the territory of Vilnius Lower Castle

Raimonda Ragauskienė: Supervisors of Vilnius Castle in the 16th century: collective portrait

Liudas Glemža: The garrison of Vilnius Castle in the second half of the 18th century

Kęstutis Paulius Žygas: The first days of Erasmus Vitellius (Ciolek) in Rome. Excerpts from the diary Liber notarum of Jonas Burkardas from 1501

Rūta Kerevičiūtė: Knowledge of Lithuanian history live in the Vilnius Castle Reserve. Children's summer camp dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Baltic Way.