Dominikonų St. takes its name from the Dominican friary that was established on the street in 1501, though later so many people active in political life lived here that it used to be called unofficially “Senator’s Row” […]
Category: Old Town in Vilnius
Šiltadaržio St. in Vilnius
Šiltadaržio St. in the Old Town of Vilnius connects Bernardinų St. with B. Radvilaitės St. […]
Bernardinų Street in Vilnius
This street is one of the most picturesque ones in Vilnius with interesting perspectives […]
Vilnius Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree decoration in Vilnius in front of Cathedral Basilica, December 2019 […]
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 […]
The Large Vilnius Jewish Ghetto
The Jewish community of Vilnius was tragically exterminated during WWII – nearly 60.000 people […]
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 (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 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 […]
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 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 […]
