These buildings are monuments of late Baroque. The church is the last one Baroque church built in Vilnius by an unknown architect in 1746-1768 […]
Category: Old Town in Vilnius
The Church of St. Parasceve
In this Vilnius’ church’s predecessor, in 1705 during the Northern War (1700-1721) when the Russian Imperial army was stationed Vilnius, an Abyssinian soldier fighting for the Russians, called Abrem Hannibal (his granddaughter was the mother of the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin), was baptized by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great […]
Bursa (Student Dormitory) Courtyard at Vilnius University’s Old Campus
The buildings surrounding the courtyard housed a dormitory for poor students […]
St. Ignatius Street
This by-street in Vilnius on its southwest side has the Dominican Monastery, and on the opposite side – the Church of St. Ignatius and the ensemble of the Jesuit Novitiate […]
A Dominican Monastery at the Church of the Holy Spirit
In Old Town in Vilnius, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, on St. Ignatius St., a Dominican monastery was established in 1501 […]
Augustijonų Street (II)
In/behind Augustijonų Street in Vilnius Old Town, one can find the buildings of Church of Our Lady, Comfort of the Afflicted, the Gymnasium of Vytautas the Great, and the Gymnasium of the Jesuits […]
Augustijonų Street (I)
Augustijonų Street in the Old Town of Vilnius connects Savičiaus Street with St. Casimir (Šv. Kazimiero gatvė) […]
The Defensive Wall of Vilnius
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 […]
Savičiaus Street in the Old Town of Vilnius
Savičiaus Street is one of the most famous, beautiful, and fashionable streets in the Old Town of Vilnius […]
S. Skapo Street
S. Skapo Street is one of the most typical Vilnius Old Town by-streets, narrow, curved, distinguished by the interplay of light and shadows […]
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 […]