St. Casimir's Chapel is located on the south-east corner of the Vilnius Cathedral. It is the largest of the chapels and was the largest single element of the former cathedral's building to be incorporated intact into the new one by Lithuanian architect Laurinas Stuoka-Gucevičius at the turn of the 19th century [...]
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It is comprised of a monastery, a Baroque church, and buildings of one of the first hospitals in Vilnius. It is located nearby the Presidential Palace [...]
The museum building was a home of Dr. Jurgis and Marija Šlapelis at Pilies St. 40 in Vilnius' Old Town, who were active figures in the national revival of Lithuanians in the early 20th century, in particular through Marija's activities as a publisher and bookseller [...]
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 [...]
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 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, an artillery fortification, was built near Vilnius' defensive wall in the first half of the 17th century [...]
The buildings in the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius housed many shops and stores, and many poor Jews lived there. These were probably the most densely populated premises in Vilnius [...]
In this house in Antokolski Str. No. 4 the famous 19th-century Jewish sculptor, Mark Antokolski, lived in 1843-1862 [...]
A Jewish Quarter (known as a ghetto in West Europe) was formed in the Middle Ages in Vilnius in the area bordered Dominikonų, Vokiečių and Stiklų Streets in today's Old Town [...]
Christmas Tree decoration in Vilnius in front of Cathedral Basilica, December 2019 [...]
Vilnius has the most northern Baroque & the most eastern Gothic Old Town in Europe. Enjoy the panoramic view from the platform of the Gediminas Tower (Upper Castle Tower) [...]
The church was established in 1555 and was visited not only by the German merchants in Vilnius living around the Town Hall, but other inhabitants that had converted to Lutheranism used the Lutheran school, library, hospital, pharmacy, kindergarten, and homes for the elderly and orphans [...]
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 [...]
Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Vilnius is the Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church, built in 1594 [...]
The current Classicist Town Hall was designed by Vilnius Classicist architect Laurinas Gucevičius in 1785-1799 after the demolition in 1781 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Vilnius was called Jerusalem of the North since the mid-18th century till WWII. Before 1941, around 60.000 (1/3 of Vilnius population) Jews lived in the small, narrow streets, including artisans and merchants, who supplied products to the city and surrounding areas [...]
This Vilnius church was built in 1441, and soon after given to the Dominican Order for their monastic needs. The church acquired its present appearance in 1749-1770 [...]
The exhibition of photographs of Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter of Old Town in Vilnius. All photographs are copyrighted by Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
This is by-street in Vilnius branches off from Pilies St. and goes in a broken line towards the Church of St. Archangel Michael [...]
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. The Cathedral's most valuable part is the spacious Baroque-style St. Casimir's Chapel which was built from 1610 to 1632 for holding the remains of Lithuanian St. Casimir (declared in 1604 by Pope Clemens VIII as the saint [...]
This is one of the oldest churches in Vilnius. The first church in this spot was built by German merchants in the 14th century [...]
The main entrance to Vilnius University's ensemble of the Old Campus is in the open Library Courtyard. From this courtyard, among other things, the Observatory Tower can be seen [...]
