In this house in Antokolski Str. No. 4 the famous 19th-century Jewish sculptor, Mark Antokolski, lived in 1843-1862 […]
Category: Old Town in Vilnius
The Pac Mansion
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 […]
The Knight Street in Vilnius
The Knight Street in the Old Town of Vilnius is the narrowest one in the town dating from the Middle Ages […]
Chapel of St. Casimir (interior)
St. Casimir’s Chapel is located on the south-east corner of the Vilnius Cathedral. It is the largest of the chapels and was the largest single element of the former cathedral’s building to be incorporated intact into the new one by Lithuanian architect Laurinas Stuoka-Gucevičius at the turn of the 19th century […]
Church of the Holy Cross & former Hospitaller Monastery
It is comprised of a monastery, a Baroque church, and buildings of one of the first hospitals in Vilnius. It is located nearby the Presidential Palace […]
The Šlapelis House Museum
The museum building was a home of Dr. Jurgis and Marija Šlapelis at Pilies St. 40 in Vilnius’ Old Town, who were active figures in the national revival of Lithuanians in the early 20th century, in particular through Marija’s activities as a publisher and bookseller […]
The Museum of Archaeology of Lithuania
The museum is located in the building of the Old Arsenal in Vilnius […]
Astronomic Instruments at the White Hall at Vilnius University
An innovative observatory was established in 1753 in the White Hall of the Old Campus of Vilnius University […]
The White Hall of the Old Campus of Vilnius University
In the White Hall of the Old Campus of Vilnius University, there is an early Classical and partly Baroque portal with relief portraits of the Polish-Lithuanian last ruler (King/Grand Duke) August Poniatowski and the founder of the observatory Elzhbieta Puzynina […]
The Old Arsenal in Vilnius
The Old Arsenal, today the Museum of Applied Art, is a massive two-story building that was build-up by the Polish King and the Grand Duke of Lithuania in the early 16th century over part of the old city wall at the east of the complex of the Upper and Lower Castles, furthest from the grand-ducal palace, thus minimizing the risk from any fire in it […]
The Renaissance Palace Garden in Vilnius
The Renaissance garden of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius was established by the Lithuanian Grand Duchess of the Italian origin Bona Sforza (1494-1557) in the first half of the 16th century […]
