The only working synagogue in Vilnius is built in 1903 according to the design of David Rosenhaus […]
Category: Out of Vilnius Old Town
Church of St. Bartholomew
The church is given over to the Catholic Belarus community of Vilnius in 1997. It is located in Užupio Street in Vilnius in the district of Užupis […]
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 […]
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 […]
Słuszki Estate in Vilnius
In Vilnius, at Kosciuškos St. 10, screened by newer houses, stands a large palace built in 1690-1694 by Dominick Słuszkom voivode of Polock on a specially built ground banked up in the Neris riverbed […]
Church of St. Francis and St. Bernardine
Franciscan monks built in Vilnius a spacious church and monastery at the turn of the 16th century. The land was provided by Lithuanian and Polish ruler Casimir Jagiellon, while funding came from the noble Radziwiłł family […]
Church of St. Stephen
The Church of St. Stephen and the ensemble of the Monastery of St. Rochus in Vilnius is surrounded by industrial buildings. This late Renaissance church (built-in 1600-1612) is one of the earliest in Vilnius suburbs […]
Church of St. Anne (Interior)
The interior of the Church of St. Anne in Vilnius was reconstructed in 1902-1909, while the outside has survived unchanged since the beginning of the 16th century […]
Church of St. Jacob and Philip (1)
A twin-tower Baroque Church of St. Jacob and Philip and the Dominican Monastery are located on one of the largest public squares in Vilnius – Lukiškių Square […]
Church of the Heart of Jesus and the Convent of the Visitationists in Vilnius
The Church of the Heart of Jesus, or the Visitationists Church and the Convent of the Visitationists is situated in Vilnius out of the Old Town close to the Missionary Church, and together they constitute an impressive ensemble on the Saviour Hill that can be seen well from different sites of the city of Vilnius […]
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Inside)
In 1988 the book stocks of the Library amounted to 5 million volumes. The initiative of readers increased immensely. The Library mounted a number of meetings and events dedicated to eminent cultural personalities who started the movement of National Revival in past years […]
