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 […]
Tag: Old Town in Vilnius
House-Monument with Gothic Façade
Around Rūdninkų Square in the Old Town of Vilnius, there are several houses-monuments like in Karmelitų St. with renovated Gothic details on the exterior and the 17th-century decorative roof beams in the interior […]
Tower St. (Bokšto g-ve) in Vilnius
Tower (Bokšto) Str. in Vilnius takes its name from the fortifications at the top of the street which formerly guarded the eastern approaches to the city […]
Vilnius Castle Museum (Western Tower of the Upper Castle)
The Upper Castle of Vilnius was restored and partially rebuilt at various times. The last major restoration work was completed in 1960 when the Vilnius Castle Museum opened in the Western (Gediminas) Tower […]
Jonas Basanavičius Monument in Vilnius
Monument erected to Jonas Basanavičiaus in the square in Vilnius in front of the building of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic in November 2018 […]
Bursa (Student Dormitory) Courtyard at Vilnius University’s Old Campus
The buildings surrounding the courtyard housed a dormitory for poor students […]
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) […]
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 […]
Bernardinų Street in Vilnius
This street is one of the most picturesque ones in Vilnius with interesting perspectives […]
