Kreva

Kreva is known for its great brick and stone castle, built in the fourteenth century in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After Gediminas died in 1341, the stronghold passed to his son Algirdas. It became a setting for the dynasty's bitter struggles: in 1382 Grand Duke Kęstutis was imprisoned and killed here. Three years later the Act of Kreva set out the agreement linking Lithuania and Poland through Jogaila's marriage to Jadwiga. After Lithuania's conversion, Jogaila founded a Catholic parish at Kreva in 1387.