This church, established by the Franciscan Order before Lithuania’s Christianization, is one of the oldest buildings in Vilnius (first half of the 14th century) […]
Tag: Old Town
M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Flat Museum
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) was a famous Lithuanian Symbolist painter and composer as well as a pioneer of professional Lithuanian modern music. He lived in this building in Vilnius Old Town in 1907-1908 […]
Vilnius Old Town Hall
The current Classicist Town Hall was designed by Vilnius Classicist architect Laurinas Gucevičius in 1785-1799 after the demolition in 1781 […]
Church of Blessed Mary the Comforter and the Augustine Monastery
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 […]
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 […]
Photo Slider Old Town in Vilnius: Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter
The exhibition of photographs of Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter of Old Town in Vilnius. All photographs are copyrighted by Vladislav B. Sotirovic […]
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 […]
Church of St. Nicholas
This is one of the oldest churches in Vilnius. The first church in this spot was built by German merchants in the 14th century […]
Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Vladislaus
The Cathedral is today in the Classicist style with the impressive bell tower (belfry). In 1783-1801 it was redesigned by famous Lithuanian Classicist architect Laurynas Gucevičius […]
Literatų Street
This is by-street in Vilnius branches off from Pilies St. and goes in a broken line towards the Church of St. Archangel Michael […]
