“The Seasons” Fresco-Paintings at the Vilnius University
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Church of the Holy Spirit & Former Dominican Monastery (Exterior)
Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit (Interior)
New Trakai – Guided Sightseeing Tours
2020-08-21
All guided sightseeing tours in New Trakai by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
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Vilnius – Guided Sightseeing Tours
All Vilnius-sightseeing guided tours by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
Monument to Chiune Sugihara in Vilnius
2020-09-18
A Japanese Chiune Sugihara saved more than 6.000 Jews from the holocaust at the beginning of WWII [...]
Jewish Quarter (II)
The buildings in the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius housed many shops and stores, and many poor Jews lived there. These were probably the most densely populated premises in Vilnius [...]
Vilnius Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree decoration in Vilnius in front of Cathedral Basilica, December 2019 [...]
Vilnius Panorama of the Neris River
The heart of Vilnius is at the confluence of the Neris River and smaller Vilnia River. The Old Town of Vilnius is between these two rivers [...]
Jewish Quarter (I)
A Jewish Quarter (known as a ghetto in West Europe) was formed in the Middle Ages in Vilnius in the area bordered Dominikonų, Vokiečių and Stiklų Streets in today's Old Town [...]
Vilnius Upper (Higher) Castle
The Upper (Higher) Castle of Vilnius is located on the top of the Gediminas Hill that is a typical Lithuanian mound, the largest such hill of natural origin in Lithuania [...]
Vilnius Old Town Panoramic View
2020-09-17
Vilnius has the most northern Baroque & the most eastern Gothic Old Town in Europe. Enjoy the panoramic view from the platform of the Gediminas Tower (Upper Castle Tower) [...]
Church of Blessed Mary the Comforter and the Augustine Monastery
2020-09-16
These buildings are monuments of late Baroque. The church is the last one Baroque church built in Vilnius by an unknown architect in 1746-1768 [...]
Vilnius Old Town Hall
The current Classicist Town Hall was designed by Vilnius Classicist architect Laurinas Gucevičius in 1785-1799 after the demolition in 1781 [...]
M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Flat Museum
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) was a famous Lithuanian Symbolist painter and composer as well as a pioneer of professional Lithuanian modern music. He lived in this building in Vilnius Old Town in 1907-1908 [...]
National Martynas Mažvydas Library
The National Martynas Mažvydas Library was established in 1963 and is located next to the Parliament (Seimas) building at Gedimino Ave. 51 [...]
Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary and the Franciscan Monastery
2020-09-13
This church, established by the Franciscan Order before Lithuania's Christianization, is one of the oldest buildings in Vilnius (first half of the 14th century) [...]
Residential Palace at Trakai Island Castle
The residential palace of Trakai Island Castle is comprised of two parallel corpuses that were joined by walls, as well as a defensive tower (dungeon) in the front. Shooting slots are created in the upper level of the tower and both corpuses [...]
Church of St. Archangel Raphael
Vilnius Church of St. Archangel Raphael and the Jesuit Monastery stand at the Neris right riverside, nearby the Green Bridge, in the Šnipiškių suburb [...]
Courtyard of the Medical Collegium
2020-09-12
Romantic poet Juliusz Słowacki lived in this house in the courtyard with breaks from 1811 to 1829. After entering the yard, you can see a memorial plaque and a bust of the writer on the wings of a swan on the wall on your left side [...]
Bailey of Trakai Island Castle
2020-09-11
Baily (courtyard) of Trakai Island Castle. The castle was built from the beginning of the 14th century to the beginning of the 15th century on three islands: swampy areas were filled with rock and gravel in order to create one single island [...]
King Mindaugas Monument
Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania from 1253 to 1263, a ruler who created Lithuania's statehood. The monument to him is erected in 2003 in front of New Arsenal that is today transformed into Lithuanian National Museum [...]
New Trakai – The City Established on Islands
2020-09-05
New Trakai was the residence of Lithuanian Grand Dukes. In 1341-1342 Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis moved the residence from Old to New Trakai. Old Trakai, therefore, lost its defensive importance [...]
