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excavated basements to environmental factors (e. g. weather) led to decay of the materials (in particular, wooden structures and bricks). To solve this problem, it was decided in 1988 to erect temporary buildings – greenhouses (also as known as "hangars" due to their brownish colour and shape of these buildings). By early 1990s three options of palace site's future were circulating in the public. The first option was about covering excavated basements of the palace with soil, but it was deemed to be uneconomical. The second option was to erect a purpose-built building on palace's site to conserve the ruins, but opponents of this option noted possible
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in 2000 passed a law to reconstruct the palace. Ground was broken in summer of 2002 on the southern part of the site of the original building. By 2002–2004 and 2005–2006 the palace project was changed mainly due to archeological findings found on the site and discussions about the architectural value
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recaptured the city six years later, by which time the palace had been destroyed by fire. The palace was greatly damaged and its treasures were plundered. After the recapture of the city of
Vilnius in 1660–1661, the palace was no longer a suitable state residence, and stood abandoned for about 150
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structures within the palace site; some archaeologists believe that a wooden palace stood there as well. The stone palace was built in the 15th century, apparently after a major fire in 1419. The existing stone buildings and defensive structures of the lower castle, which blocked the construction,
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established
Castles' Investigation Group that supervised archeological excavations. Schlossberg's house was used as Group's headquarters and housed collection of archaeological material found on the site. By the end of 1980s archeological excavations covered more and more territory, exposure of
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Schlossberg's house. Fragments of Schlossberg's house became part of the eastern wing of the restored palace. The building (and museum that was planned to own the building) was partially opened during the celebration of the
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years. In the late 18th century, after the fall of the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth, several families lived in parts of the ruined palace. Soon after the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was incorporated into the
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in 1994). The third option was to construct a building similar to the original one. The latter option received the most attention from politicians and was lobbied by the then
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in summer of 2009, although it was not yet fully completed due to lack of funding. By the end of July 2009, construction work resumed and the building again became inaccessible for the public.
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On 17 September 2020 - For the first time in more than 200 years, a joint session of the
Lithuanian and Polish governments was held at the Palace, chaired by the Prime Minister of Lithuania,
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Grand Duke of Lithuania in the palace in 1529. Sigismund II carried on with the development work and lived there with his first wife
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delegates was held in the Grand Courtyard of the Palace.
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