Panemunė Castle Part 2

In the 18th century, the castle got many decorations including frescoes, but when the last owner of the castle - Antanas Gelgaudas, the commander of rebels in Lithuania - was killed in battle in 1831 gradually castle became no more than ruins. Officially the restoration of the castle started in 1952 but the progress was very slow. Progress increased around 2007 or 2008. Now a large part has been restored with about 1/3 of the castle needing work.

Since 1588 all castles in the country had prisons: the most frequent "visitors" of the prisons were ... tax evaders.Læs mere