Lithuania · Ruin
Kernavė
Kernavė is a medieval hillfort complex on the right bank terrace of the river Neris that served as an early capital and seat of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The fortified settlement consisted of a cluster of earthen mounds (piliakalniai) with wooden fortifications and a nearby riverside town in the Pajauta valley; the town was burned in 1390 and later abandoned. Today the site is an archaeological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Its prime
1279
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1279
The shape it held in its prime.
At its prime the site presented a string of steep, grassy earthen mounds rising from the Neris terrace and overlooking the Pajauta valley, each with flattened tops that held wooden palisades, timber halls and watch platforms. Approaches ran along terrace tracks and wooden causeways across wet peat; the river Neris flowed below. There were no surviving stone curtain walls; the visible profile was rounded, green mounds and narrow valley paths leading to summit enclosures.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1279.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Kernavė — including 1 interior: main hill summit with wooden enclosure. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Kernavė with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1279 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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