In 1376 Grand Duke Vitovt made Grodno the capital of the Grand Lithuanian Duchy. The town retained this status in the time of Rzeczpospolita, being the capital of the state along with Warsaw and Vilnya. At that time medieval castles kings' residences and palaces of the Grand Lithuanian Duchy aristocracy were erected. You can visit these castles and palaces these days.

 
THE CASTLE HILL
 

At the end of the 10th – beginning of the 11th centuries, the site of an ancient settlement appeared here. It looked like earth fortifications with paling. In the 12th century, a princes tower chamber and a round tower were built. As a result of archaeological research, conducted in the 1939s, thirties of the 20th century. Yu. Iodkovsky discovered the remains of wooden houses, pavement and fortifications-walls and stony templ.

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