The Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, or simply the Church of St. Mary, was first built in 1409 under Vytautas the Great. The original Gothic style of the church derives from this first construction. The visible Baroque features came with later reconstructions in the 18th century, initiated after the church was damaged by the Great Northern War.
The Karaite Kenessa in Trakai is a 19th century Karaite synagogue. The wooden Baroque building still serves as a synagogue.
The Tatar mosque of Keturiasdešimt Totorių was built in 1815 on a former mosque site from the reign of Vytautas the Great (1392 - 1430). The building has a rectangular plan with a square roof. At the top of the roof is a small minaret turret. It is octagonal, onion-shaped, with glass windows and a crescent-shaped point. The building was renovated in 1993.
The Karaite Kenessa in Vilnius is a synagogue built in 1908 by architect Mikhail M. Prozorov for a Karaite community. The brick Neo-Moorish building still serves as a synagogue.
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