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 […]
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
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 […]
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) […]
Karaite Ethnographic Exhibition in New Trakai
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
