“The Seasons” Fresco-Paintings at Vilnius University
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Alumnatas Courtyard
Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit (Interior)
Vilnius – Guided Sightseeing Tours
2020-01-02
All Vilnius-sightseeing guided tours by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
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New Trakai – Guided Sightseeing Tours
2020-01-01
All guided sightseeing tours in New Trakai by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
The Defensive Wall of Vilnius
2020-05-23
In 1503-1522, Vilnius was surrounded by a defensive wall. The construction of a brick defensive wall around Vilnius was provided for in the privilege of King of Poland and Grand Duke Jogaila of March 22nd, 1387, by which the Magdeburg Law was granted to the city [...]
Church of St. Bartholomew
2020-05-22
The church is given over to the Catholic Belarus community of Vilnius in 1997. It is located in Užupio Street in Vilnius in the district of Užupis [...]
Choral Synagogue in Vilnius
The only working synagogue in Vilnius is built in 1903 according to the design of David Rosenhaus [...]
St. Mykolo Street in Vilnius
St. Mykolo Street in Vilnius Old Town reaches Pilies Street in the west. Its distinctive appearance goes back to the 16th century [...]
Church of St. Francis and St. Bernardine (Interior)
2020-04-30
The main altar of the church, that is one of the favorites in Vilnius, is in the form of Late Baroque and it is made from dark wood [...]
Church of St. Anne (Interior)
The interior of the Church of St. Anne in Vilnius was reconstructed in 1902-1909, while the outside has survived unchanged since the beginning of the 16th century [...]
Church of St. Francis and St. Bernardine
Franciscan monks built in Vilnius a spacious church and monastery at the turn of the 16th century. The land was provided by Lithuanian and Polish ruler Casimir Jagiellon, while funding came from the noble Radziwiłł family [...]
Bernardinų Street in Vilnius
2020-04-29
This street is one of the most picturesque ones in Vilnius with interesting perspectives [...]
Church of St. Stephen
The Church of St. Stephen and the ensemble of the Monastery of St. Rochus in Vilnius is surrounded by industrial buildings. This late Renaissance church (built-in 1600-1612) is one of the earliest in Vilnius suburbs [...]
Šiltadaržio St. in Vilnius
2020-04-22
Šiltadaržio St. in the Old Town of Vilnius connects Bernardinų St. with B. Radvilaitės St. [...]
Dominikonų Street in Vilnius
2020-04-20
Dominikonų St. takes its name from the Dominican friary that was established on the street in 1501, though later so many people active in political life lived here that it used to be called unofficially "Senator's Row" [...]
Trakų Street in Vilnius
Trakų Street in Vilnius was and is one of the most important streets in the Old Town connecting Vilniaus St. and Vokiečių St. with Pylimo St. [...]
St. John Steet in Vilnius
2020-04-19
St. John St. in Vilnius is a short street, and one of the city's oldest. It is named after the Vilnius University church. Its name was first recorded in 1530 [...]
Słuszki Estate in Vilnius
In Vilnius, at Kosciuškos St. 10, screened by newer houses, stands a large palace built in 1690-1694 by Dominick Słuszkom voivode of Polock on a specially built ground banked up in the Neris riverbed [...]
The Suzin’s Family Mausoleum Chapel
There was a cemetery in the square near Trakų St. in Vilnius, where the aristocrat of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, M. Suzin, built a Baroque-style family mausoleum chapel in 1708 [...]
Tyszkiewicz Estate in Trakų St. 1 in Vilnius
2020-04-18
Tyszkiewicz estate is one of the most significant Empire buildings in Vilnius. In ąųūę, a house on this site mentioned since the 15th century was reconstructed by Laurynas Gucevičius, and in 1840 by Tomasz Tyszecki [...]
The Hill of Three Crosses
A gleaming white monument in Vilnius marks the site of the former Crooked Castle. That was a sprawling wooden structure and was destroyed in the siege by the forces of the Teutonic Order and Vytautas the Great in 1390 [...]
The Inner Courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius
2020-04-16
The palace is built in the late Classical (Empire) style, monumental and solemn. Having designed many significant buildings in St. Petersburg, architect Stasov followed the patterns of St. Petersburg architecture in Vilnius as well [...]
