Karaite Ethnographic Museum in New Trakai was built in 1938 on the initiative of the Karaite spiritual leader Seraya Shapshal in commemoration of the 540 year anniversary of the Tatars and Karaites in New Trakai and Lithuania […]
Author: Vladislav B. Sotirovic
Professional & licensed guiding tours through the city of Vilnius and the town of Trakai since May 2019 by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic
Traditional Wooden Houses in Žvėrynas
Žvėrynas is a suburb in Vilnius on the right bank of the Neris River, presently in the process of urbanistic merging with the city centre […]
Stiklų St. in the Old Town in Vilnius
Stiklų St. is one of the oldest and most important streets in the Old Town of Vilnius that is as well as one of the most attractive streets for the tourists […]
The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
By the Neris riverside in Vilnius, there is the Library palace built-in 1885 on the site where the old estate of the magnate family of Radziwiłł was […]
The Russian Street in Vilnius
The Russian Street (Rusų gatvė) in the Old Town of Vilnius was in the Middle Ages the backbone of the Russian (East European Christian Orthodox) Quarter of the city […]
Church of St. Theresa (Interior)
The church of St. Theresa in Vilnius is built in 1633-1654 along with a basilican design and has a wide center and two narrow naves and a blind cupola (unseen from the outside) […]
The Church of St. George the Martyr
The Church of St.George the Martyr in Vilnius was built in 1506 for the Carmelite monks who had settled in the Radziwiłł Estate and for whose maintenance Vilnius Voivode Michael Radziwiłł allotted land and funding as well […]
University Street in Vilnius
The street is named after Vilnius University est. 1579. The western boundary of the old campus of Vilnius University goes along this street. The University St. is one of the main and most important streets in the Old Town of Vilnius […]
Tyszkiewicz Estate in Trakų St. 1 in Vilnius
Tyszkiewicz estate is one of the most significant Empire buildings in Vilnius. In 1783, a house on this site mentioned since the 15th century was reconstructed by Laurynas Gucevičius, and in 1840 by Tomasz Tyszecki […]
The Inner Courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius
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 […]
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 […]
