The Pac Mansion in Vilnius (Didžioji g. 7) was built by Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas (Pac) in 1677, who acquired the site in 1673. When the estate was finished it was one of the finest houses in Vilnius […]
Month: April 2023
Chapel of St. Casimir (exterior)
The chapel was built in 1624-1636 to hold the remains of St. Casimir who was canonized in 1604. The chapel is part of the Cathedral Basilica in Vilnius […]
The Adam Mickiewicz Museum
It is a flat in Vilnius where Adam Mickiewicz lived and worked in December 1822. Personal items of his are held at the museum in Bernardinų St. No. 11. On display is material about the poet’s life and work, translations into Lithuanian and other languages, and permanent exposition on the Philomaths […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (III)
The Bastion of Vilnius consists of three parts: a tower, a corridor-tunnel, and a casemate. The tower was built into the defensive wall. Behind the defensive wall, the hill naturally sloped down at a right angle […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (II)
The Bastion was Vilnius’ arsenal of weapons, ammunition, weapons supplies and gunpowder. The city’s magistracy was in charge of the arming and repairs of the bastion […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (I)
The Bastion, an artillery fortification, was built near Vilnius’ defensive wall in the first half of the 17th century […]
The Central Buildings of the Old Campus of the Vilnius University
The main entrance to Vilnius University’s ensemble of the Old Campus is in the open Library Courtyard. From this courtyard, among other things, the Observatory Tower can be seen […]
The Large Vilnius Jewish Ghetto
The Jewish community of Vilnius was tragically exterminated during WWII – nearly 60.000 people […]
Mark Antokolski House in Vilnius
In this house in Antokolski Str. No. 4 the famous 19th-century Jewish sculptor, Mark Antokolski, lived in 1843-1862 […]
The Jewish Street and Gaon Street in the Old Town of Vilnius
The Jewish St. and Gaon St. were all the time the center and axis of the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius’ Old Town […]
Church of St. Jacob and Philip (1)
A twin-tower Baroque Church of St. Jacob and Philip and the Dominican Monastery are located on one of the largest public squares in Vilnius – Lukiškių Square […]
